Thank you, I am pleased I got it done, and pleased at the reaction of our beneficiaries and other veterans here, who will all see it for free with provided transport and care.
The other attendees though will be doing their [significant] bit to fund our ever increasing costs.
I think I am intending that it will be run like going to see a posh West End play; a glass or two of champagne as a welcoming, drinks and horses doovers at half-time, and a cocktail gathering afterwards. I have high hopes. I have commitments to attend from 12 or so Ambassadors and Consuls, and that almost always causes loads of the other ranks to turn out.
I must say though, that Warner brothers have been superb. Before them the BBC was ok, The Imperial War Museum was outstandingly pleasant and helpful but Warner Brothers outstrip them all. They didn't make the decision very quickly, but once made they have really swung their weight, which is considerable, in behind the challenge.
My phone is buzzing with calls from WB Los Angeles and Latin America as well as others that they are sending my way to help.
Definitely on my good list of companies to be supported.
You will no doubt be aware that many charities are measured by how much of each pound raised is actually spent on the beneficiaries?
Here, for us, it is 100%. Every last peso. We're quite proud of that.
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