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Overview
The ball organised by James Amos, director of Boodles, nightclub owner Charlie Gilkes, Hugh Van Cutsem, Jez Lawson, Bear Maclean, Alice Beaumont and Alex Macewan.
History
The first ball took place in 2002. The second and third events event were held in 2006 and 2008 and both were attended by Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry.
In 2012, the ball benefited the Starlight Children's Foundation and the Lt Dougie Dalzell MC Memorial Trust, which commemorates Lt Dougie Dalzell's death in Afghanistan.
On 21 September 2013, the ball took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane. It was attended by Harry, Prince of Wales, Pippa Middleton, Princesses Beatrice and Eugene, Zara Phillips, Katherine Jenkins, Guy Ritchie, James Blunt, the entire Branson family, James Haskell. The ball raised £200,000 for the Starlight Children's Foundation.