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Banished Belles. Austerely handsome, upright and proper to a degree unusual in Edwardian England, the new Duchess of York stood in severe contrast to her radiant mother-in-law, Queen Alexandra, a woman whom Britons loved as much for King Edward VII's well-known unreliability as for her own beauty. Soon after the accession of husband George, in 1910, Queen Mary let it be known that "I will not have anyone around me about whom there is a breath of scandal"-a statement which automatically banished dozens of Edwardian belles from the royal court...
...played billiards on the third floor with her brothers, and harmonized in the music room with her sisters. She beat out hot rhythms on her brother's trap drum and played aggressive solos on kazoo, ukulele and banjo. She admired and envied her stately older sister Clara ("The Duchess"), and made life both miserable and exciting for her younger sisters, Mary Jane and Josephine. Mary Jane recalls: "I can't count the number of dark closets Ros locked...
...Delighted the tiny Duchy of Luxembourg by cabling congratulations to well-liked Grand Duchess Charlotte for her 57th birthday celebration...
...this, Diane-who also calls herself Lady Diana Harrington-never lost her expensive glitter. She wore a simple dark blue suit, a diamond-studded bracelet and a diamond-studded clip. She exuded French perfume and trailed a "breath of spring" mink stole with the air of a duchess dragging a gunny sack. After scarcely more than one startled look, Assistant District Attorney Anthony J. Liebler was moved to describe her as the "golden girl of café society." He grew more eloquent during the arraignment...
...front runner for Princess Margaret's hand; and Jane Mc-Neill, 22, ash-blonde, China-schooled fashion model and daughter of a Scottish barrister practicing in Hong Kong. Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret traveled by special train from Sandringham to join the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and 1,600 other royal guests, socialites and privileged laborers and tenants of the Buccleuch estates (six ancestral homes, 500,000 acres) to watch the coronation year's flossiest society wedding in Edinburgh's ancient St. Giles Cathedral...