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Wednesday, 5th December 2007

How we determine the membership of the world's most exclusive club 

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OK. Next to last column before the end of the year one, and of course it has to be about the crisis that has enveloped Pug’s, the world’s most exclusive of clubs. For any of you who may have missed it, here, for the benefit of Speccie readers, is the membership list: Patron: Lady Gabriella Windsor. President: Mr Taki Theodoracopulos. Executive Chairman: Count Leopold Bismarck. Chairman and Director of Admissions: Professor William Gimlet, OBE (aka Mr Nicholas Scott). Members: Mr Timothy Hoare, Prince Heinrich von Fürstenberg, HRH Prince Pavlos of Greece, HH the Maharajah of Jodhpur, Mr Arpad Busson, Mr Christopher Lee, CBE, Sir Bob Geldof.

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