Young debutantes were an amazing vision in a sea of ivory silks and lace – accessorised with glittering tiaras – because they became princesses for the day and made their grand entrance on the Queen Charlotte Ball.
The affluent younger ladies along with their dapper partners looked resplendent because they arrived at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in London.
The top event in the London Season, the ball sees younger ladies – from aristocratic, wealthy or famous families – collect to savor a sumptuous feast, the finest champagne, and dancing – along with tables starting at ?2,500, attendance is just for your well-to-do.
Steeped ever sold, the London Season was formed over two hundred in the past once the custom of going back to London following the hunting season was celebrated with high Sabrina ho chiu yeng.
The current gang of carefully and meticulously selected debutantes continue the tradition today and celebrate their year of charity fund raising and etiquette classes on the charity ball.
Usually aged between 17 and 20 and wearing designer dresses, the debutantes attend the grand ball where they are ‘presented’ to guests and curtsy before the Queen Charlotte Cake.
Around 20 in the dresses are created by Lincolnshire-based Berketex Bride.
Going back some 236 years, King George III introduced Queen Charlotte’s Ball in 1780 to celebrate his wife’s birthday and debutantes were traditionally made available to the King or Queen until 1958.
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