10:30AM Clem Bastow | Honestly, we were going to give you a round-up of all the gay icons who helped Dame Shirley Bassey belatedly celebrate her 70th birthday, but we lost count around Cilla, Joan Collins and Siousxie Sioux (and that was before we even made it to the glitter-covered ‘Fantasy Boys’).
More than anything, though, we were struck by how amazing the Dame is looking (and yes, that’s a picture from the party illustrating this story) – and we weren’t alone.
Despite their advancing years, Dame Shirley and her pals showed they could party just as hard as their younger contemporaries.
Dame Shirley and her Golden Girl pals spent the night quaffing champagne and showing off their moves on the dancefloor.
Dressed in a red fur bolero, Dame Shirley entered her party flanked by the self-styled Fantasy Boys – a topless male dance troupe dressed in white satin trousers.
Bless. We reckon this should be sent out as a worldwide memo to anyone about to hit their seventh decade. We want to see more nannas “quaffing champagne” and getting down in a frenzy of shiny gayness!
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