The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-15 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, MAY-15-, 188 Cr.--

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM.

Irer Majesty the Queen held a Drawing-room at
.14Uek1nglittlla Palace on Tuesday afternoon.
...Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales arrived at the Garden entrance of the Palace,
• from Marlboroueh House, attended by the Countess
14 Macclesfield, the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke, Lord guffield,
Lord Colville of Culross, K 3., Major-General Sir
..„/O!ghton Probyn, C. 8., V.C., the Hon. A. T.
.Itztnaurice, and Captain Stephenson, and
escorted by a detachment of the Household troops.
La attendance upon her Majesty were :—The Duchess
i 44 Bedford (Mistress of the Robes), the Countess of Erroll
Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting), the Hon. Horatio
„topford (Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting), the
Harriet Phipps and the lien. Ethel Cad ogan
' (Maids of Honour in Waiting), Earl Sydney, G.C. 8.,
g..ord Steward), the Earl of Kenmare, K.P. (Lord
!Ittriberlain), the Duke of Westminster, K.G. (Master of
tl.le Horse), the Earl of Breadalbane (Treasurer of the
Inousehold), Lord CharleS Bruce, M.P. (Vice-Chamberlain),
he Earl of Cork, K.P. (Master of the Buckhounds), Lieuten-
ant-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Ponsonby, K.C.B.
R.C.B.pivate Secretary and Keeper of the Privy Purse), Viscount
rington (Lord in Waiting), Major-General Sir M. Biddulph,
-' (Groom in Waiting), Lieutenant-General Lord Alfred
;—ag.q (Clerk Marshal), Major-General Du Plat (Equerry in
.7aiting), Major-General Sir John Cowell, K.C.B. (Master of
• Hie Household), Mr. Henry D. Erskine of Cardross (Groom of
t• he Robes), and the Hon. Francis Hay and Mr. F. W. Kerr
(Pages
of Honour in Waiting).
1b Queen wore a dress and train of black silk,
• .411Ilomely embroidered with white silk and trimmed
With black satin and chenille. Her Majesty also
Wore a white tulle veil, surmounted by a diadem of
tdijamonds, a necklace and earrings of large diamonds,
14e lkoh-i-noor as a brooch, the Riband anntar of
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ine Order of the Garter, the Orders of Victoria and
Albert, the Crown of India, Louise of Prussia, St.
/Catherine of Russia, St. Isabella of Portugal, &c.,
11d the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Family Order.
ller Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a
cress of gold brocade over a jupe of the same shade of
4atin, trimmed. in Point d'Alencon. Corsage to cor-
-I."Pnnd. Head-dress—a tiara of diamonds, feathers,
arm veil. Indian ornaments of emeralds and pearls.
Orders—the Victoria and Albert, the Crown of India,
St.
.Catherine of Russia, and the Danish Family
Order.
Her Royal Highness Princess Christian of
Sehleswigotein-wore a dress and train of black
65tin de Lyons, handsomely trimmed with jet and
tune. Head-dress—a tiara of diamonds, plumes, and
veil, and a diamond butterfly. Ornaments—a neck-
of diamonds and diamond brooches. Orders—the
Victoria and Albert, the Crown of India, the Saxe-
Coburg and Gotha Family Order, the Order of St.
Isabelle of Portugal, and the Prussian Order for Care
0 the Wounded.
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice wore a dress
of pale pink satin, trimmed with narrow black lace
sprays of blush moss roses; the train of stamped
;civet gauze over pink satin. Head-dress—feathers,
Coil, and diamond stars. Her Royal Highness also
there,a diamond necklace, brooch, and earrings, and
India‘jrderB of Victoria and Albert, the Crown of
and the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Family Order.
great number of presentations were made to the
Queen.