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EMILY PRESCOTT: Mayfair club boss quits as row grows over rush to let women in
EMILY PRESCOTT: Gareth Neame, head of Mayfair's 156-year-old Savile Club, quit on Friday and simultaneously gave up his memberships at the Beefsteak Club and the Garrick Club.
The chairman of a leading exclusive London gentlemen's club has resigned ahead of an expected change in policy that could see women being allowed to join. Prominent female names, including Mary Beard, journalist Cathy Newman, Juliet Stevenson and Amber Rudd have since been put forward as potential candidates for the Garrick. Scenes from Downton Abbey were filmed at the Savile Club, which introduced a strict no-drug policy after Sir Stephen Fry admitted to snorting cocaine in its bathrooms.
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