Duchess of Gloucester cuts cake, Queen Charlotte's Ball
The Duchess of Gloucester (1901 -2004) cutting the giant cake holding 194 electric candles representing the number of years since the birth of Queen Charlotte at the ball named after her. Queen Charlotte's Ball, held in honour of the wife of King George III and revived in 1925 to raise funds for the maternity hospital of the same name was one of the highlights of the London Season for a debutante. All the girls would be dressed in white, and would dip into a carefully choreographed curtsy as the cake was cut. There was apparently quite a scrum to get a piece of the cake afterwards
Picture No
10638553
Media ID
46091289
Size
4700px x 4224px
(1.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sketch, 18 May 1938
Date
1938
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