Riviera notebook
Riviera notebook
18 August 2007
The shiny new ‘Vodka Palaces’ lie scattered across the bay of St Tropez like the discarded toys of a spoiled child.
The Riviera weather has been so unpredictable that people are packing up and hot-footing it to calmer climes. There have been ten mistrals in the past ten weeks and it’s often been cold and raining. At a smart party in St Tropez recently the wind was so fierce that everyone’s hair was standing on end, including a bewigged gentleman whose girlfriend rested her hand casually on top of his head for safety. When Prince Andrew and his entourage entered, a waiter nervously knocked a glass to the marble floor in front of him, so HRH greeted his hosts over crunching glass. The following Thursday at a soirée by the Byblos pool umbrellas were swept across the terrace like missiles and I was nearly decapitated by a flying menu.
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