ROYAL COURT
MAJESTIC SPECTACLE
QUEEN MARY ACTS FOR THE KING A UNIQUE OCCASION (United Tress Assn.—By Telegraph-Copyright.) (Rec, 7 p.m.) London, May 10. The first Court of the season was unique because it was the first since the days of Queen Victoria held by a Queen of England. Despite the absence of the King the ceremonial setting was splendid and presented a majestic spectacle. The Queen appeared in a wonderful gown of iridescent tissue over a dress of pastel shades. She wore the insignia of the Order of the Garter and presented a regal figure. The single throne reminded everyone of the illness of the King, but the knowledge of his wonderful progress towards recovery provided an atmosphere of gaiety and joy. Masses of rambler roses and blue and white hydrangeas decorated the room. A stream of debutantes, 500 in number, passed before the throne and made a single, curtsy, then moved along the picture gallery. Miss Helen Wills, the American tennis player, was the centre of attraction of huge crowds in the Mall, where her motorcar was besieged. No duchess of traditional kind could have exhibited more self-control. —Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20771, 11 May 1929, Page 7
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