ROYALTY AT EPSOM

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23070, 22 June 1938, Page 7

ROYALTY AT EPSOM

VISIT ON DERBY DAY QUEEN IN TURQUOISE BLUE TWO DUCHESSES ALSO ATTEND fFROM otrn OWN correspondent] LONDON, Juno 4 Trips to the paddock are always interesting at Epsom, although access is a little difficult through the surrounding crowds. Oil a fine day dress is quito important and attractive, but, of course, the Epsom meeting is not such a dressy function as Royal Ascot. This week it has been necessary to prepare for rain, but in these days of coloured macintoshes and bright coloured umbrellas no one need look dingy. On Derby Day there was a large party in the Royal Box, including the King and Queen, Queen Mary, the Duko and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood, ex-Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain and tho Infanta Maria Cristina, with an unusually large retinue of members of the Household. Queen Elizabeth wore a, dress and coat of thin wool georgette in a very soft shade of turquoise blue with a highpointed matching straw hat trimmed with ribbons, the deep fox collar of her coat being dyed turquoiso of a slightly deeper tone. She wore a double row of beautiful pearls and had large pearl ear-rings. Queen Mary wore a sweetpea shade of blue tinted with mauve, and a toque to correspond. Queen Victoria Eugenie wore a dark blue coat and skirt, with a straw hat to match, and blue and white shoes. The Duchess of Gloucester had an angora coat of real heather purple, a small felt hat of a little paler shade, and satin slippers to match. Her frock was of gay printed silk. The Duchess of Kent, in half-mourn-ing, wore a coat and skirt of white silk patterned lightly in black, a white straw hat with a drooping veil at one side, and a silver fox fur. The Princess Royal wore a becoming nattier bluo ensemble —an accordion-pleated frock and three-quarter length coat, a widebrimmed nat of the same shade, trimmed with a wavy line of white ribbon. There was a sprinkling of mulberry colour, one of the rich tones of wine purple which is so noticeable nowadays among flowers.