PALACE PARTY
MARRED BY RAIN.
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LONDON, July 22
The King held an afternoon reception at Buckingham Palace grounds, which was attended by five* hundred debutantes.
Rain fell, disappointing many of the debutantes. Half of the debutantes had curtseyed to the King, who was seated in a crimson and gold chair of state under an Indian Durbar tent, when the rain fell heavily. The King left the chair, looked at the sky, and conferred with the Lord Chamberlain. The Lord Chamberlain then announced that His Majesty had ordered the abandonment of the reception. A queue of the debutantes joined in a general rush for shelter. They still hoped for an opportunity of their presentation, until the King and the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, came out, looked at the heavy clouds, and consulted, after which the King and the members of the Royal Family went to the Palace. Yet, before the guests had entirely dispersed, the sun was shining. The Lord Chamberlain announced that those ladies who were unable to pass the King would be considered as having been offleialy presented.
A SECOND GATHERING
[BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.]
RUGBY, July 22
The King, who this morning received in audience the Maharajah of Mysore, who is on a visit to England, this afternoon gave the second of the garden parties which are to rank as Courts for those ladies who are presented. There were 1200 guests, and about 500 presentations.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 July 1936, Page 7
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