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Countess of Leicester in her Coronation outfit

The Countess of Leicester, previously Lady Elizabeth Yorke (1912 - 1985), who acted as Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II at her Coronation, pictured wearing the Norman Hartnell dress she wore on the occasion. Designed by Norman Hartnell, it was of a white and gold French lame with a trailing leaf design

Picture No
13732000
Media ID
45395106
Size
3400px x 5304px (1.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by John French for The Tatler, 10 June 1953. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
1953

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