In "Let It Be," Paul McCartney famously sang, "Mother Mary comes to me." But it was daughter Mary McCartney who bathed Dallas in a glow of charm while here for Wednesday's opening of her show at Goss Gallery.
Like her late mother, Linda McCartney, Mary is a photographer. "Playing Dress Up" is a three- part exhibit featuring photos of the London Ballet backstage, Kate Moss in fashion ads for sister Stella McCartney and behind-the-scenes shots at fashion events.
After stepping out for lunch, Mary returned to Goss Gallery to find a flower bouquet, a bottle of champagne and a good-luck note "from Dad."
Ms. McCartney is a vegan and was thrilled at Stephan Pyles restaurant to find she could order right off the menu. She became positively ecstatic when Stephan gave her one of his Southwestern vegetarian cookbooks.
The photographer is delightfully approachable and easy to be around. While in Dallas, she stayed at the Park Cities home that Goss Gallery owner Kenny Goss shares with his partner, pop star George Michael.
Ms. McCartney is rock royalty. His Royal Highness Prince Edward is actual royalty. Wednesday, the youngest son of Britain's Queen Elizabeth made Dallas his last stop on a U.S. tour to line up sponsors for an American version of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award youth program founded in 1956 by his father.
The prince came directly from California, where he confabbed with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and dined with Star Wars creator George Lucas.
When he got to Dallas, he learned that his first cousin Viscount David Linley, son of Princess Margaret, had just departed.
"I thought I'd spread the favors a little bit after my parents visited the Eastern part of the U.S.," he joked. "Then I find out that my cousin has been tramping all over the place."
On Wednesday, Saks Fifth Avenue hosted a luncheon for His Royal Highness as a benefit for Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital.
Among those lunching with HRH were philanthropist Nancy Dedman, Dallas Cowboys first lady Gene Jones and East & Orient Co. owner Betty Gertz, who had a dinner at her Highland Park home last week for Viscount Linley.
Wednesday evening, Prince Edward could have been in the English countryside when he attended dinner in his honor at the very English Preston Hollow estate of entrepreneur Larry Lacerte and his wife, Joyce.
The Lacertes have a second home in London and schooled their children in England. Their daughter Monroe told Wednesday's black-tie guests about her experiences working for a gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award. To obtain an award, young people ages 14 to 21 must complete activities in four fields: community service, a hobby or skill, physical recreation and "an expedition."
Prince Edward said many are nervous about their expedition, but "it's the part they talk about for the rest of their lives."
For her expedition, Monroe Lacerte found herself sleeping on the ground in a tent in a remote region of Morocco.
The British prince was very candid that he hoped to line up 20 patrons who would pledge $75,000 each to help the Duke of Edinburgh's Award expand its American pilot program.
"We got four in California, and I'm told we got two more people tonight," said the pleased prince.
