The 16th Russian Summer Ball was held at The Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace on Saturday 16th June 2011. The Guests of Honour were Her Highness Princess Olga of Russia, HH Prince Rostislav of Russia, Ambassador of the Russian Federation HE Mr Alexander Yakovenko.

Funds were once again raised for the Romanov Fund for Russia Registered CharityNo1037622http://www.romanovfundforrussia.org .
The ball was held at the historic Whitehall Palace with an Ivan terrible Vodka and Bagrationi champagne reception followed by dinner for over 300 guests. During the dinner a live auction was held with Hugh Edmeades Head of international Auctioneering, Christies. Lots included a necklace by Shawish, a shawl by Ellion design, a dress by the Russian designer Olga Roh ROHMIR and many others. A silent auction was run by the Broad Gallery and included etchings by Dali and Picasso.
A further 150 guests attended the after dinner reception followed by ballroom dancing to the Coldstream Guards, the opening of champagne with sabres by Prince Rostislav of Russia and officers of HM Forces and dancing to Cabaret Russe a Russian Gypsy band till 3.30 in the morning.

Amongst the guests were :
H.E The Turkish Ambassador,The Earl of Clanwilliam, Amber Nuttall, Hon. Robert Hanson, Gregory and Victoria Wolcough ( Wolkoff Mouromtseff), Baron and Baroness Alexis de Tiesenhausen ( head of Russian Dept Christies) , Julia Arshavina, Marinika Smirnova, Igor and Natasha Tsukanov, Nikolai Lazarev, Olga Balakleets and Julian Gallant, Evgeni Minchev,Mohamed Shawish and many more ...