The British government hosted a £240-a-head dinner for arms dealers in the Tower of London while poppies were still on display in the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red memorial right outside.
Nearly 200 people from the UK arms industry sipped Champagne before dining on a swanky three-course dinner just yards from the memorial to the 888,246 British servicemen killed in the First World War.
The annual ‘acclaimed and influential dinner’ on Tuesday night was kept quiet by organisers London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), which did not publicise where and when the event was taking place.
