Piers Gaveston Society
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The Piers Gaveston Society is a highly exclusive secret dining club at the University of Oxford with membership limited to 12 undergraduates. It is named in honour of Piers Gaveston, favourite and supposed lover of King Edward II of England. Its members have a reputation for indulging in bizarre entertainments and sexual excess. Traditionally the society will organise very secret bacchanalian parties for hundreds of friends, who are whisked away to secret locations (usually grand country mansions) to enjoy a night of bollinger champagne, beluga caviar, multitudinous illegal drugs, and public copulation. [1] Words most often associated with this society are "decadence" and "debauchery."[2]
[edit] Notable members
| Name | Notable for... |
|---|---|
| Hugh Grant[3] | Actor |
| Darius Guppy[4] | Convicted of fraud in 1993, he was best man at the wedding of his friend Charles Spencer, the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales |
| Count Gottfried von Bismarck[5] | Descendent of Otto von Bismarck |
| Tom Parker Bowles[6] | Stepson of Prince Charles |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Oxford Dining Societies
- ^ (2 May 2006) Daily Telegraph
- ^ The Scotsman
- ^ Guppy, Darius (January 1997). Roll of the Dice. Blake Publishing. ISBN 1857821599.
- ^ The Times and Evening Standard
- ^ (9 July 2000) Mail on Sunday
