1. Charles’ (now legendary) Bafta Party… Brought to you in association with Chanel.

2. Berlinale 59, International Film Festival, Berlin, 5-15 February. The Berlinale has grown into a festival swamped by Hollywood stars and their expensive productions. Berlin is full of seedy nightclubs, retro-looking people and an abundance of artists. So what are you waiting for?

3. The Sovereign Order of Knights of Malta’s Charity Ball, Bern, 7 February. Dance with European aristocracy – and for a good cause!

4. Opening and party at Thaddeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, 19 February. Paris’ hottest art space. Mingle with art-lovers, jet-setters and fashionistas at this important show of 16 contemporary Iranian painters.

5. St Mortiz weekend, 20-22. February. Shuttlecock dinner, Chesa Veglia Party and Gunther Sachs’ legendary Cresta race Challenge Cup. A cornucopia of European enfant doré, Cresta-addicts and international hangers-on gather for yet another excuse to party.

6. Charles’ Pre-Academy Awards Party, Los Angeles, 21 February. Did we mention that his dad won an Oscar? Gossip and chat about the runners and riders with the runners and riders. Brought to you in association with Chanel.

7. Armory Show, New York, 5-8 March. The perfect excuse for a few days in New York in spring and a must on the schedule for the growing breed of artoholics.

8. Rally Clásico Isla Mallorca, 18-21 March. Cruise around the island in your vintage car way before ze German summer invasion.

9. François Pinault’s collection at Dasha Zhukova’s, Moscow, 19 March. Pinault’s important contemporary collection at Zhukova’s dazzling new art space, The Garage.

10. Lucerne Festival at Easter, Switzerland,28 March-5 April. Get your spring fix of culture by indulging in Haydn’s late masses, Handel’s Jephthah and Beethoven’s symphonies, concerti and overtures.

11. Salzburg Easter Festival, Austria, 4-13 April. And if you still haven’t had enough, bathe in music as Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker continue the realisation of Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen with Siegfried, directed by Stéphane Braunschweig.

12. Hublot Palma Vela, Mallorca, Spain, 15-19 April. Rub shoulders with the King of Spain, the Prince of Asturias and his not-so-happy-looking wife whilst watching the sailing boats whizz past.

13. Cannes Film Festival, 13-24 May. Be a social cheerleader as industry heavyweights, celebrities and socialites swarm to the South of France for films and parties.

14. Monaco Grand Prix, 21-24 May. While you’re at it, end the Cannes party marathon with a last pit stop at the Grand Prix. It’s noisy, it’s smelly but, cloaked in a hangover the size of Paul Allen’s boat, you won’t notice.

15. von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha wedding, Schloss Callenberg, Germany, 23 May. Prince von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha weds his American girlfriend Kelly – European Royalty and American Society gather to celebrate.

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