Queen's Toilette

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 97, 11 May 1937, Page 5

Queen's Toilette

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TAKES FOUR HOURS Detailt of The Final Preparations GREATEST DAY OF LIFE

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(Received 11, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, May 10. The Daily'ltfail says that Queeu , ElUabeth will spend four hours be- - Inf dretted for the greatest day of her life. She has given instruc- - tions to 1>« called at 6 a.m. and HriU step into tbe gold coacb at 10,30 aan. Apart from balf an hour - occupied in partaking of breakfast, tbe time wili be taken up by a . hairdreseer, ber personal maid and a dxeee fitter. " Tbe important task of dresslng tbo Queen Will be entrusted to ber maid, Hin Catberine Maclean, who dressed • ber for ber wedding. Tbe hairdreseer will arrive at 7 a.m. Tbe Queen *s coiffure will not be elabor*te, but will take an bour to arrange, as ber Majesty has long bair wbicb is more difficult to dress tban sbort. She will keep ber fringe, but tbe coiffure will be arranged to enable ber to be mnointed during tbe Coronation. The dress fitter and assistant are due at 8.30 a.m. to supervise the arrangement of the Coronation gown. Tbe Queen is bleased with a beautiful complexion and uses little cnake-up, a ligbt dusting of powder, tbe faintest toncb of rouge and tbe smallest quantity of - lipstick wbicb . sbe will put on, berself . Her nv*T» will be polisbed in a natural ebadt. • Only a -wedding ring will adorn tbe flngen, as tbe Archbishop of Canter- - bnry will plaee on tbe fourtb llnger of ber right hand tbe "Queen's Ring." Tbe remainder of tbe time will be epefit in xesting and approving of tbe • toilettes of tbe little princesses, who 'Will be aimilarly dressed in silver lame, reachiWg to tbe ankle, and silver ■boes.