Londoner's Diary: Women out to lunch at Wiltons

Revolutionary stuff at Wiltons, once the haunt of stuffy St James’s gents.

It looked perky yesterday — not only was the back dining room full of women, for an International Women’s Day lunch, the waitresses hitherto noted for pastel-green nursemaid uniforms are now in chic, black outfits.

Speeches at the lunch were led by former Lord Speaker Frances D’Souza...

...and CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, on the success of the Marefat School in Kabul that Lady D’Souza co-founded.

Guests included writer Fatima Bhutto and actress Alison Sudol, star of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. “I don’t think Wiltons has ever seen so many women darken its doors in its 275 years,” noted one attendee.

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