NO MOURNING AT ASCOT
—> . •: • KING'S CONCERN FOR EFFECT ON TRADE (Received February 21, 7.33 pan.) LONDON. February 20. King Edward has announced that the public is not expected to wear mourning at Ascot, causing the dress-designers iwmedMfjy to produce gayer fashions than they had planned. The decision, which does not apply to the Court, is understood to have been caused by his Majesty's visit to the textile section of the British Industries Fair, when he discussed with Lord Derby and officials and exhibitors, the effect of Court mourning on trade.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21714, 22 February 1936, Page 15
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