The Archive · 1901

THE COURT INCURS!

Of the Royal ladies but little could he seen us they were 80 clovely veilul. will interest some to know the mourning which is being worn by the Royal civele ix of the very" deepest description, the Queen's dresses being composed citively of crape—this is supposed tu be in defeience to her late Majesty's love of this somewhat costly material, as when the Duke of Clarence died the Princess de-ired that her daughters' dresses should be altogether devoid of crape and she herself wore very little. Now, however, both she and all the Princesses are wearing in the house a kind of Marie Stuart cap with long streamers made of crape in addition to their crape dresses, and all ladies of the Royal household are commanded to wear dresses quite high to the neck and with sleeves to the wrists for the next six months,

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