Shiny Happy people
London’s young diplomats toasted the festive season with éclat at their annual Shiny Party, this year held at the hip Courthouse Doubletree Hotel in the West End, just a heartbeat from the Oxford Street illuminations. Diplomats put on a dazzling display and tripped the light fantastic until the wee hours – and all for a good cause: guests, sponsors and the hotel raised £1500 to St Mungo’s, a charity for the homeless in London.

PHOTOS: PIERRE DE VILLIERS