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- The last debutantes curtseyed before the Queen in 1958. While some of the women used this time to snatch up husbands, others went on to college and careers in various fields ranging from editing to aerospace.
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May 16, 2024 · On 17 July 1958, Sandra Seagram, the last debutante presented to the royal family at Buckingham Palace, curtseyed to the Queen Mother and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Queen Elizabeth II was unwell and unable to attend the historic ceremony.
Mar 7, 2023 · The last debutantes curtseyed before the Queen in 1958. Here are some of their fascinating stories as the last participants in a 2-century-old tradition.
- Engrid Barnett
Apr 2, 2022 · The final debutante presentations took place in 1958, just before the Swinging Sixties, second-wave feminism, and the sexual revolution would change British life forever.
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The last debutantes were presented at the Court of St James's in 1958, after which Queen Elizabeth II abolished the ceremony; Princess Margaret, the Queen's sister, acidly remarked, "We had to put a stop to it.
Dec 5, 2023 · It was such a peculiar thing to have done,” recalled one of Britain’s last official debutantes, the 1,400 young women who swept a reverential curtsey to our late Queen and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace in the spring of 1958, decked out in Dior-esque day dresses, demure hats and dainty gloves.
- Felicity Day
Sep 23, 2021 · A debutante’s presentation at court was what marked a young woman’s coming out into Society with a capital S. So 1958 was to be the last royal Season, and anxious social commentators predicted that its demise heralded the end of the Season altogether.
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Jun 10, 2008 · Well-bred girls from the best families in the land would be launched into society at 17 or 18 by curtseying to the young Queen Elizabeth before enjoying a whirlwind of parties, dinners, lunches...
