In Town Last Night: Tory leaders turn out for Roberts’ book launch

Sotheby's auction house was the venue last night for the launch of historian Andrew Roberts' new book, Masters and Commanders (Allen Lane, £25). A gamut of prestigious guests turned out for the event, including a rollcall of Tory leaders past and present (Thatcher, Cameron, Hague, Howard, Duncan Smith). Also present were TV anchorwoman Emily Maitlis (pictured left), Phoebe Vela (centre) and Andrea Catherwood (right) and various aristocrats, among them the Earl Spencer.