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| Picture No | 10635370 |
| Date | 1950 |
| Description | The Debutantes Birthday Ball - Queen Charlotte's |
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Scenes at Grosvenor House for Queen Charlotte's Ball, the pinnacle of the Season for a debutante by the 1950s, showing the girls arriving in their white dresses, finishing touches in the ladies room and the traditional cake cutting ceremony, in this instance by the President of the Ball, Lady Hamond-Graeme, with the maids-of-honour, 200 in all, each taking a piece away.
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| Source | Illustrations by Hartland for The Sketch, 24 May 1950 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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