A Dynasty star and the Thatcher dynasty

It was the nighttime I rescued Dame Joan Collins' silk evening glove.

The prima of TV's Dynasty and countless movie roles was the prima A-list celeb astatine a meal to observe the 100th day of the commencement of Margaret Thatcher.

"I adored her, I thought she was a wonderful, fantastic inspirational person," she told maine arsenic she arrived astatine the VIP entranceway astatine the Guildhall successful the City of London.

"I privation we had idiosyncratic similar that contiguous to look up to and I deliberation it was precise bittersweet that she near america truthful soon - and I'm freezing!"

With hubby Percy Gibson, 32 years younger than Joanie, connected her arm, the 92-year-old nationalist treasure was owed to marque a code astatine the glitzy dinner.

But arsenic she and Percy went wrong to flight the chill of the evening, she someway dropped 1 of her gloves, which matched her agleam reddish evening dress, beside her car.

Eager to travel to the assistance of a 92-year-old TV and movie star, aft spotting it lying successful the road, I picked it up and handed it to the Guildhall's affable caput of security, Richard Gentry.

Within minutes, Dame Joan's operator had returned successful her ample achromatic Mercedes and Richard handed the mitt to him. My bully deed for the evening was complete.

Of course, the evening was each astir dynasty, the Thatcher dynasty. The main talker astatine the meal was Sir Mark Thatcher, tall, stylish and elegant successful his DJ astatine the property of 72.

"I deliberation my parent would beryllium truly impressed and warmed that there's specified an important juncture and surrounded by her friends," helium told maine conscionable earlier Joan and Percy arrived.

I past asked Sir Mark if determination were lessons for Kemi Badenoch to larn from the pugnacious clip his parent had successful her aboriginal years arsenic Opposition person successful the 1970s.

"It's surely existent that successful my mother's aboriginal years, by my recollection, it wasn't possibly arsenic casual arsenic it became aboriginal on," helium said. "I deliberation there's similarity betwixt the archetypal 2 years of my mother's enactment and Kemi's enactment of the party.

"Both of them person go leaders successful the look of a bitter predetermination defeat. So determination are immoderate similarities."

Last of the arrivals astatine the VIP entranceway - nary surprise! - was a typically jaunty Boris Johnson, who told me: "The satellite needs to retrieve the clarity and logic of Margaret Thatcher."

And asked what lessons Kemi Badenoch should larn from Margaret Thatcher, helium said: "I deliberation Kemi Badenoch is amply endowed with Thatcherian characteristics of bounce and zap. She's got it, don't worry!"

And with that, helium gave maine a playful punch successful the thorax and dashed inside: the container bureau person - still, according to his supporters - disconnected to articulation a container bureau prima of the screen.