Travel agent Claire Coatman had never been to Notting Hill Carnival before, but she didn’t leave her new friend – Jetset senior reservations agent James Smith – waiting long for an answer when he invited her to Europe’s biggest street party.
In the weeks leading up to the bash, the pair had become acquainted talking through the various quotes Claire had to send to her clients. James, though, wanted to move the conversation on. So that summer, back in 2014, a slight unconventional friendship developed between Claire and James.
