Merchant Taylors' Hall Black Tie Reception & Dinner
19 March 2008
A champagne reception was held for nearly 300 Guild members and their guests in the various anterooms of Merchant Taylors' Hall in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, who was installed as the Guild's Centenary Master.
The installation ceremony took place on the balcony overlooking the galleried Great Hall immediately before dinner.
At the end of dinner the two specially commissioned Centenary Loving Cups were used on the top table for the first time, and then The Princess Royal brought the evening to a close with an amusing and enlightened speech to highlight the start of the Guild's Centenary celebrations.
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