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Piers Gaveston Society: The elite Oxford University club at the centre of claims David Cameron put his genitals in a dead pig | Piers Gaveston Society: The elite Oxford University club at the centre of claims David Cameron put his genitals in a dead pig |
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The Piers Gaveston Society has been described by high-society magazine Tatler as probably the “coolest” of the Oxford University drinking clubs. | The Piers Gaveston Society has been described by high-society magazine Tatler as probably the “coolest” of the Oxford University drinking clubs. |
The club, supposedly named after the favourite and supposed lover of King Edward II, is said to host wild parties which in the past have involved mass drug-taking and live sex shows, certainly mark it down as among the most debauched, in a crowded field. | The club, supposedly named after the favourite and supposed lover of King Edward II, is said to host wild parties which in the past have involved mass drug-taking and live sex shows, certainly mark it down as among the most debauched, in a crowded field. |
Now, like the Bullingdon Club before it, it is in the news because of an alleged association with David Cameron – and lurid claims of an initiation ceremony allegedly involving a dead pig. | Now, like the Bullingdon Club before it, it is in the news because of an alleged association with David Cameron – and lurid claims of an initiation ceremony allegedly involving a dead pig. |
In their new book on Cameron, serialised in the Daily Mail, Lord Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott quote a former MP and “distinguished” contemporary from the prime minister’s time at Brasenose College, Oxford, between 1985-88. The source, now said to be an MP, reportedly claims that “the future PM inserted a private part of his anatomy into the animal’s mouth”. | In their new book on Cameron, serialised in the Daily Mail, Lord Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott quote a former MP and “distinguished” contemporary from the prime minister’s time at Brasenose College, Oxford, between 1985-88. The source, now said to be an MP, reportedly claims that “the future PM inserted a private part of his anatomy into the animal’s mouth”. |
The source even alleges there is photographic evidence of the ceremony, it is claimed. But when the authors contacted the person said to own the picture, they did not get a response, the Mail reports. | The source even alleges there is photographic evidence of the ceremony, it is claimed. But when the authors contacted the person said to own the picture, they did not get a response, the Mail reports. |
Despite being named after Piers Gaveston, First Earl of Cornwall, who died at the hands of angry noblemen in 1312, the club was founded only in 1977. | Despite being named after Piers Gaveston, First Earl of Cornwall, who died at the hands of angry noblemen in 1312, the club was founded only in 1977. |
It is highly secretive and is said to have only 12 members, all of them good-looking public schoolboys. Their motto is "Fane non memini ne audisse unum alterum ita dilixisse" - which roughly translated is: "Truly, none remember hearing of a man enjoying another so much." | It is highly secretive and is said to have only 12 members, all of them good-looking public schoolboys. Their motto is "Fane non memini ne audisse unum alterum ita dilixisse" - which roughly translated is: "Truly, none remember hearing of a man enjoying another so much." |
Aside from quaffing champagne and eating caviar, the centrepiece of the ‘Piers Gav’ social calendar is its summer ball. Each member invites 20 guests, who are bussed out to a secret location for a party that on occasion has been described as “a well organised orgy”. | |
Guests – men wearing drag, women ‘hooker’ costumers – are bussed out to a secret location, often a country mansion, for an evening of bizarre rituals, drugs, pumping dancing music and sexual excess. | Guests – men wearing drag, women ‘hooker’ costumers – are bussed out to a secret location, often a country mansion, for an evening of bizarre rituals, drugs, pumping dancing music and sexual excess. |
One year, party-goers were reportedly blindfolded and arrived at the venue to witness a live sex show, with drugs of all kinds alleged to have been freely available. | One year, party-goers were reportedly blindfolded and arrived at the venue to witness a live sex show, with drugs of all kinds alleged to have been freely available. |
The degrees of excess have apparently waxed and waned over the years, however: one event in the early 2000s is said to have resembled a candlelit drum and bass rave in a damp field. | The degrees of excess have apparently waxed and waned over the years, however: one event in the early 2000s is said to have resembled a candlelit drum and bass rave in a damp field. |