London – February 2005. The Cardinal Archbishop of Washington and Prior of the United States Delegation of the Constantinian Order, His Eminence Theodore, Cardinal McCarrick, was Guest of Honour and Guest Speaker at a Gala Dinner hosted by the British and Irish Delegate, Mr Anthony Bailey.
The event was held at the Gladstone Library, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1 and attended by over 140 knights, dames and other guests. Among those attending were His Eminence Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and GreatBritain, Head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Britain, His Grace Bishop Basil of Sergievo, Head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Britain, The Right Reverend George Stack, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Delegation Sub Prior of the Order, The Reverend Canon Jonathan Gough, Ecumenical Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Very Reverend Father Simeon Iliev, Head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Britain, Deacon Meliton-Richard Oakes, Father Michael Seed, The Reverend Father Mark Elvins and Sister Bridget Tighe.
The Gala Dinner was also honoured by the presence of the Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Chargé d'Affaires of the Holy See, Andorra, the Arab League, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Morocco, Paraguay, South Africa, Syria, the United States of America, Yemen as well as the United Nations Resident Co-ordinator in the Ukraine.
Among other Delegation knights and dames present were the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , The Right Honourable Paul Murphy, MP, The Right Honourable Baroness Scotland of Asthal , QC , Home Office Minister, Captain Peregrine Bertie, former President of the British Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, HRH Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury . Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent , Lord Holme of Cheltenham , Dame Angela Rumbold, Tony Colman, MP, and Jim Dobbin, MP, also attended.