Annabel's: Mark Birley's Berkeley Square club turns 60

Annabel's opened on 4 June 1963 in a basement beneath 44 Berkeley Square, founded by Mark Birley and named after his wife, Lady Annabel. The space was identified by Birley's friend John Aspinall, and early membership cost five guineas a year, drawing aristocrats and society figures. Birley sold the club to Richard Caring in 2007, ending more than four decades of family ownership.