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Zoroastrian Service of Thanksgiving to mark
150 years of the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe
in the presence of
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh K.G., K.T.
At The Zartoshty Brothers Hall, Zoroastrian Centre
Thursday 6th October 2011
Dear President Malcolm. M. Deboo & your Managing Committee,
My wife Elizabeth and myself wish to sincerely thank you for kindly inviting us to join you and all your members to celebrate 150 years of the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. We certainly felt honoured and privileged to be present at the celebration function organised to the highest standards with a first class programme.
As all the guests were present an hour before the arrival of His Royal Highness, Mr Dorab Mistry certainly kept everyone well entertained with his running commentary of events to follow, introducing us to all the VIP's as they arrived and as always with his well spoken voice.
The presentation celebration ceremony was just outstanding and the speeches were most entertaining especially the one by Lord Karan F. Bilimoria of Chelsea, CBE. DL. (P.S. My wife and I were also privileged to be introduced to Lord Karan Bilimoria by our very close family friend Mr. Rusi Dalal).
All guests were advised not to take photographs which we had to observe during the grand arrival of His Highness and during the presentations etc., but there were a few moments when many guests were clicking away mainly when His Highness was introduced to the young members of your community. I too could not resist the temptation and took a few pictures and later after his Highness had left, we all took photos of our friends etc.
Seeing all the professional press photographers present, we look forward to viewing/buying some photographs or hopefully a 'Souvenior Booklet' if released in the future which we would LOVE to purchase a copy as a token of rememberance of this great occasion.
Once again I thank you for kindly inviting us to celebrate 150 years of Community Service, and as I always, feel so privileged to be so closely connected with your community. (Many of my Parsi friends across the globe say .... 'Benny has dual nationality' - I am proud of this').
Yours faithfully
Benny & Elizabeth De Souza
(Photos taken at random attached below)
Mr Dorab keeps everyone entertained prior to the arrival of
His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Mr Rusi Dalal introduces Betty to Lord Karan F. Bilimoria of Chelsea, CBE. DL
VIDEO SLIDE SHOW OF STILL PHOTOGRAPHS
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