Overview
- The London Air Ambulance Charity hosted a black-and-white gala at Raffles London at the OWO on Thursday, June 4, with guests including James Middleton and his wife Alizée Thevenet, Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia Spencer, Elizabeth Hurley, Billy Ray Cyrus and Sadie Frost.
- Charity leaders including CEO Jonathan Jenkins publicly thanked donors and organisers and reported they had raised what they described as “well over £1 million” on the night, a figure published by outlets and credited to organisers but not independently verified in this coverage.
- The Prince of Wales contributed a foreword to the event programme recalling his time as an air ambulance pilot and underlining his patronage of the charity, a role he has held since 2020.
- Press coverage combined red-carpet fashion and celebrity interest with the charity’s aims, while also noting tabloid reports that the Spencer twins had recently attended Cannes after not attending their father’s private wedding; those family claims are reported but not confirmed here.
- London’s Air Ambulance Charity runs a helicopter emergency trauma service founded in 1989 and relies on high-profile fundraising events to pay for operations and equipment, so the gala’s funds and publicity could help meet rising demand for rapid trauma response across the city.