Can there be anything more audacious than gatecrashing Barack Obama's party at the White House?

greater things in life. The former cheerleader and her husband enjoy a spot of polo, run a winery near their home in Virginia, and like to rub shoulders with local movers and shakers. Indeed, when the most powerful couple they know of recently hosted a glittering party for a visiting friend, they decided to try and gatecrash. It would be their chance to mingle with the great and good, the stinking-rich and the well-connected. Who could possibly resist such temptation?

Well, most of us, actually. For the hosts of said party were Barack and Michelle Obama and the venue, naturally, was the White House. Yet somehow, on Tuesday, the Salahis managed to brazen their way past the Secret Serv... Читать дальше »

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