Dinner with Eloise

Count Collin Van Reenan was born in England but has spent a considerable time in Western Europe, particularly France. Educated both in Paris and in London, he has had an eclectic selection of jobs and has worked as an interpreter, as a laborer, driver, teacher, tour guide, immigration officer and police officer (the Met). Bilingual in French and English, he also speaks some Dutch and Arabic and worked until recently as an official police and court interpreter at Bow Street and the Old Bailey, until increasing deafness and a disliking of political correctness prompted him to retire. In 2012, he inherited his family's French title and is the 5th Count Van Reenan, the earlier counts having left France in 1870 after local accusations of vampirism. Currently sharing his time between a small apartment in Paris and his home in Essex, he continues to pursue his interest in the occult.