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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13355, 8 December 1906, Page 5 (Supplement)

One of the most interesting brides of the moment is Ladv Celia Coatee, elder twin daughter of Lord Crewe, whose husband, Car-tain Olive Coates, of the 15th Hussars, is one. of the. A.D.C.'s of the Viceroy of Inland. Lady Celia and her twin sister, ladv Cynthia Crewe, are devoted to each ether, and form a pretty contrast, the former being petite and brunette, while the latter is tall and fair. Lady Celia is decidedly what may be termed a " jolly 'girl, witty, and with a keen sense of the ridiculous. tier twin is very fond of music, but she delights specially in painting, and this year nad a picture— Girl Sewing"—at the smrmer exhibition of the New Gallery. The sisters are both fond of riding, and used occasionally to hunt with their father, whose sporting tastes are not shared by the present Lady Crewe. This lady, who was once Lady Peggy Primrose, is only about three years older than her twin stepdaughters, and was born in the same year as .their married sister, Lady Annabel O'Neil, whose intimate friend she was when both were mere children. Lady Crewe, who is a favourite friend of Queen Alexandra, is both pretty and witty, and she has inherited more* fully than any other of his children the mental gifts of Lord Rosebery. Were she only somewhat more robust in health she would shine quite conspicuously as a. London hostess. Lord and Lady Crewe usually spend the. greater part of the autumn and winter at Crewe Hall, and invariably keep Christmas there in right good English style. There Lady Crewe and her two young stepdaughters have again and again 'entertained the children of Crewe Green schools with a Christmas-tree, and they all seemed quite in their element in ;amusing their little jruerts, each of whom received a present.