PARTY HELD AT PALACE
“TWO WONDERFUL HOURS”
“Two wonderful hours,” was how Mrs M. H. Oram, wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, described a party at Buckingham Palace. Mr and Mrs Oram returned to Wellington bv flying-boat on Monday. The party was given for official Commonwealth visitors to London for the opening of the new House of Comiqons.
“Queen Elizabeth looked beautiful in a lavender pink lace gown,”. Mrs Oram said. Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Royal were also present. The King and Queen conversed with Mr and Mrs Oram for several minutes, Mrs Oram said. Princess Elizabeth specially had won her heart, said Mrs Oram. “One cannot help being impressed with her wonderful character. It shines in her face.”
“One of the most interesting events in a fortnight crowded with great occasions was a dinner party given by Mrs Attlee at 10 Downing Street,” said Mrs Oram.
“It was a dinner given for the wives of visiting Speakers and presiding officers of the Commonwealth, and took place in the big State dining room, ’ she said.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26265, 9 November 1950, Page 2
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