#RoyalFlashback | The spectacular Waverley Ball at Willis’s Rooms in London #OnThisDay 150 years ago, to commemorate the centenary of Sir Walter Scott and to raise funds for the Scott Memorial in Edinburgh!
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— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) July 6, 2021
#RoyalFlashback | The spectacular Waverley Ball at Willis’s Rooms in London #OnThisDay 150 years ago, to commemorate the centenary of Sir Walter Scott and to raise funds for the Scott Memorial in Edinburgh!
Learn More: https://t.co/jZD6HUELlI https://t.co/EoiL6DSGNp pic.twitter.com/7w4vqmcWSH
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The Prince and Princess of Wales and Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne were among the members of the Royal Family and the British Aristocracy at the spectacular Waverley Ball at Willis’s Rooms, King St, St James’s, London on this day 1871, to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott and to raise funds for the completion of the Scott Memorial in Edinburgh. Queen Victoria did not attend the ball but in her journal entry of 9 July 1871, she describes how Princess “Louise [drew] for me the costumes she & Alix wore at the Ball”.
Worn #onthisday in 1871 by Alexandra, Princess of Wales--dressed as Mary, Queen of Scots, and carrying a Brazilian hummingbird feather fan--to the Waverley Ball in London, held to celebrate the centenary of Sir Walter Scott's birth and raise funds for his memorial. #OTD @RCT pic.twitter.com/NulgeXq741
— Worn On This Day (@WornOnThisDay) July 5, 2021
Worn #onthisday in 1871 by Alexandra, Princess of Wales--dressed as Mary, Queen of Scots, and carrying a Brazilian hummingbird feather fan--to the Waverley Ball in London, held to celebrate the centenary of Sir Walter Scott's birth and raise funds for his memorial. #OTD @RCT pic.twitter.com/NulgeXq741
— Worn On This Day (@WornOnThisDay) July 5, 2021#RoyalFlashback | The Prince and Princess of Wales, dressed as the Lord of the Isles and Mary, Queen of Scots, joined most of the British Aristocracy at the splendid Waverley Ball in London #OnThisDay 150 years ago!
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— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) July 6, 2021
#RoyalFlashback | The Prince and Princess of Wales, dressed as the Lord of the Isles and Mary, Queen of Scots, joined most of the British Aristocracy at the splendid Waverley Ball in London #OnThisDay 150 years ago!
Learn More: https://t.co/jZD6HUELlIhttps://t.co/nwvzgxHjZB pic.twitter.com/cRliKyKATq
The Prince of Wales dressed as Lord of the Isles, including a kilt and sporran, the fur of a badger, a leather vest, a sword, and a hat with a large feather. The Princess of Wales was dressed as Mary, Queen of Scots wore a red sixteenth-century-style dress with white trim, along with her Dagmar Necklace. Other guests photographed include Lady Archibald Campbell, the Master of Herries, the Honourable Oliver Montagu, and Count Maffei.
