LADY VICTORIA HERVEY: What Trump privately told me about the royal family...
and other thrilling insights from my intimate evening at Mar-a-Lago By LADY VICTORIA HERVEY Published: 05:50, 14 March 2025 | Updated: 05:50, 14 March 2025 e-mail View comments It’s 9pm on Friday night and Mar-a-Lago is heaving. Just four hours earlier, the famous patio had been empty. Right now, the place is packed to the gills with many of the richest and most glamorous people America has to offer.
Every table is full. I look around and on the terrace in front of me is the most exclusive table of all - the one where President Donald J Trump is enthroned. Red ropes separate it from the rest of the dining area.
Trump is enjoying his dinner surrounded by his inner circle of close confidantes including Elon Musk , Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and the US Secretary of Commerce, billionaire businessman Howard Lutnick and his wife Allison. I had just arrived with a group of friends for a Palm Beach Fashion Week event in the ballroom downstairs. On the table beside Trump’s plate is an iPad which he uses to control the Mar-a-Lago music: America’s POTUS and Commander-in-Chief is the DJ! Everyone thinks it’s hilarious, including him.
He plays a lot of classics and loves Andrea Bocelli in particular. One of his favorites is the glorious aria Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) which he often plays as he leaves the restaurant. There are plenty of pop classics, too, including YMCA by the Village People whi.
