The cake surrounded at Queen Charlottes Ball, 1938
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The cake surrounded at Queen Charlottes Ball, 1938
A huge white cloud of debutantes around the traditional huge cake wheeled out at Queen Charlottes Ball and cut by the guest of honour, in the case of this year, the Duchess of Gloucester. Queen Charlottes Ball, held in honour of the wife of King George III and revived in 1925 to raise funds for the maternity hospital of the same name was one of the highlights of the London Season for a debutante. All the girls would be dressed in white, and would dip into a carefully choreographed curtsy as the cake was cut which was lit by candles representing the number of years since the Queens birth. There was apparently quite a scrum to get a piece of the cake afterwards!
1938
Media ID 14125549
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
1938 Ball Balls Cake Charlotte Charlottes Debs Debutante Debutantes Season
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