What it's really like to be a debutante in 2024: Apple Martin's pal reveals how she arrived at Shangri-La at 9am, ate posh pastries and played Go Fish (before partying the night away in Paris)

Apollonie Halard, a fashion design student at Central Saint Martins, in London , attended the prestigious Le Bal des Débutantes alongside the daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin last week.