Posted by Nellie on July 18, 2012, 8:40 pm, in reply to "Re: 1954 Tiara Tour"
Yes - very different times.
As I review all my 1954 pics I am struck every time by the way the royals, and travelling courtiers, dressed up to the hilt!!
The colonials (!!!!) expected the works - well, the officialdom organising everything did - and so the show got on the road (by ship).
So many pics show the Queen and her ladies in full "evening" dress in the heat of the day. The temperatures would have been at their highest for most of that tour.
--Previous Message-- : Also these days I think the Queen and all the : Royals are cautious not to wear too many : jewels too often. So they are not flashing a : lot of jewels and riches at us that would : encourage criticism about their wealth and : costs to us. :