Mayfair Squatters Restored My Faith

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Byline: RICHARD GODWIN

THERE is something immensely satisfying in strolling through Mayfair, pitching up at an exclusive residence and bowling right in. For the past week, it has been possible for you and I to do this, as the residents of 39A Clarges Mews have been holding an open house (Clarges, I can only assume, is the way the locals pronounce "Claridge's").

All you must do to enter this magnificent Grade II*-listed property, valued at [pounds sterling]22.5 million, is ask the two men on the door. If you are willing to do a bit of DIY they'll probably let you stay for good or at least until they are booted out, which they reckon will happen in two weeks, as they …