By Paul Scott PUBLISHED: 19:14 EST, 8 November 2013 | UPDATED: 19:14 EST, 8 November 2013 This is a problem familiar to every professional party-giver. After a night of Bacchanalian revelries to rival the last days of Rome, the exact details of the previous evening’s events can seem a bit hazy in the cold light of day. This seems to have happened to multi-millionaire PR guru Matthew Freud. After throwing a lavish bash last weekend at his vast Cotswolds home to celebrate his 50th birthday, it appeared to slip his mind that one of the guests was Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Star-studded 50th birthday bash held by 'Great Gatsby-like' Matthew Freud
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PR guru is married to Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of media mogul Rupert
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But when asked by one columnist if PM attended, he reportedly said 'No'
A friend of Mr Cameron — himself a former TV PR man, of course — defended his decision to attend, insisting: ‘@placeholder is an old friend of Matthew.