THE QUEEN'S BRIDESMAIDS.
j Of the eight peers' daughters who ' ' carried the Queen's train in St George's Chapel forty-two years ago every one ! still survives.' Two were . dukes' daughters and each of the rest had an earl for father. With one exception, that of Lady Victoria Howard, each j bridesmaid became a wife in turn, and of these three are widows to-day. Lady Victoria Scott became a marchioness (of Lothian) * Lady Elma Bruce, ( Lady Emily Villiers, and Lady Eleanor Hare found husbands among the barons; Lady Feodorovna Wellesley and Lady Agneta Yorke were mated with the younger sons of 'earls; and Lady Diana Beauclerk was wife to a Baron of the Exchequer,' Sir John Huddleston.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8316, 15 May 1905, Page 2
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