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Legendary Chelsea private members’ club Raffles has had a makeover and the new owners are expanding the product range – to include new overseas party trips for members. Explorer Sir Stamford Raffles would probably have approved. By Jamie Downham
and we have musicians playing. Most importantly, I think the members come down because they feel comfortable there, and they know someone there and they get treated with a certain respect.” And it is not a club just for Chelsea’s bright young things, with Sachin pointing out that several older politicians have been known to party the night away there (though of course he won’t name names). “Our crowdbase is generally between 25 and 50,” he says – but there are exceptions. “For example, last Christmas I popped out to the door to see how everything was and this girl of 21 comes running up. She goes: ‘Oh my god, you have to let me in. You don’t understand, my grandfather, my father and my mother are all partying in there’. “We opened the rope and let her in. The next thing
I know I’m back in the club and the grandfather’s on the sofa pouring champagne down the granddaughter’s neck. I thought: ‘Do you know what? This is generation after generation after generation, partying together. It’s great that they have that facility.’”
Members, who have to be nominated by another member to join, can look forward to a few more perks
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