Raisa Gorbachev Foundation - Launch Party (Click! Orlando!)

Title: Raisa Gorbachev Foundation - Launch Party
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melodyslove - June 10, 2006 11:36 PM (GMT)

Orlando attends the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Launch Party in Althrop,England,10 June 2006.

And all I have to say is :faint:

ETA:Thanks to Anna(lickacricket),who posted these over at OLove,hi-res plus one more!!

More as we find them!! :D

annalouise - June 11, 2006 12:00 AM (GMT)

I have like, no web space people! So ImageShack will have to do, I'm afraid.

annalouise - June 11, 2006 12:12 AM (GMT)

E.S.P., melody. :lol: E.S.P.

Get a load of the new bling.

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Jesse - June 11, 2006 08:34 AM (GMT)

From The Times Online...

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THERE may have been a flight in a MiG fighter available to the highest bidder but it was the offspring of a cold war warrior who stole the show.

Mikhail Gorbachev’s daughter and granddaughters put the glamour into glasnost last night when they attended a charity auction at the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire.

Irina Virganskaya, 50, and her daughters Ksenia, 25 and Anastasia, 18, were among the guests who had been invited to bid for lots at the auction.

These included dinner with Gorbachev in Moscow, a flight in a MiG fighter, an artwork by Tracey Emin, a night in a Russian maximum-security prison and a custom-made dress from Matthew Williamson.

All proceeds from the evening, the costs of which had been underwritten by Russian tycoon Alexander Lebedev, were going to the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation, named after the former Soviet leader’s late wife.

On arrival at the sprawling 8,500-acre home of Earl Spencer, the 400 guests, including Quincy Jones, Salman Rushdie and Orlando Bloom were invited to indulge in champagne and oysters on the front lawn while a choreographed Cossack display team was seen riding through the hills towards them.

Gorbachev helped to choose the musical entertainment, which included his favourite band, the Scorpions — a German heavy rock group.

For the young and hard-partying set, including Tamara Beckwith, Lady Victoria Hervey and Claire Danes, the New York DJ Donna D’Cruz was spinning the decks from midnight onwards.

Gorbachev, who had dinner with Lady Thatcher on Friday, hopes the auction will raise millions for the foundation which helps children with cancer.

Speaking before last night’s glittering event Gorbachev said: “To launch the foundation at the historic house of Althorp is, I hope, a good way to send out a dramatic message to raise awareness and to bring in more funds. Cancer is a pernicious disease, never more so than when it affects children.”

His co-host for the auction, Geordie Greig, the editor of Tatler, said the underwriting of the event by Lebedev, a major stakeholder in Aeroflot, was the first sign of the new breed of Russian billionaires engaging in charitable endeavours with the cream of British society.

“It’s a very significant moment,” he said. “We’ve had Russian millionaires buying yachts and football clubs, this is the first time they have underwritten a big charitable venture.

“Gorbachev has brought all the warmth which closed the cold war. Who would have thought that the former president of the Soviet Union would be hosting an auction with the editor of Tatler — it’s a bringing together of worlds.”

Times Online

annalouise - June 11, 2006 04:49 PM (GMT)

Here are some more clickables thanks to OL.

One non-clickable MQ tagged...with his sister in the background!

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melodyslove - June 12, 2006 12:42 AM (GMT)

From jenlynn820,Sakurazukalori,Jan at Ka-Bloom,lickacricket(Anna),ElfLady and OLove and the faces_fit LJ,more from this event.I apologize for not giving credit per person to the pics they posted,but I have been all over the 'net in the last hour,and quite honestly,I just don't remember who belongs with what anymore!! :lol:

I have also resized and optimized some of these already posted for those on dial-up or with DSL who have had previous problems getting them to load.For the most part,these are all hi-res now. :)

Anybody notice his sister Sam and his buddy in the background there? AND that he pinned his shirt shut?? :bigwink:

melodyslove - June 12, 2006 12:52 AM (GMT)

Also resizing and optimizing these.

Get down with your bad self, OB! :lol:

Okay,Jesse, now go to bed so we can find some more pics!! :lshic:

:P

melodyslove - June 12, 2006 09:36 AM (GMT)

Thought Anna was going to put these up when she was in here. :) I'd better do it now or I'll forget by morning-enroaching senility and brain-fade,you know.:bigwink:

:lol:

From lickacricket at OLove,hopefully,we will get these in hi-res and I will replace them with those if so.