Posted by Nellie on July 20, 2012, 5:57 am, in reply to "Re: more tiara tour"
Thought you might be interested in this pic showing much longer hair a few months before her marriage.
--Previous Message-- : Someone cut the Queen's hair very short during : the tour. Like the jewels, that also set : her pattern for the future, though it was a : trip to Canada (I think when she opened the : St. Lawrence Seaway) that inspired her : hairdresser to get rid of the part and style : the top of her 'do' as it is now, with : symmetrical waves above her face. She had : to keep the profile look for the stamps and : currency, but she did manage to get her : curls from the 1940s to the very early : 1960s, and there they have stayed ever : since. Perhaps wearing Queen Mary's tiaras : in 1954 inspired the shorter cut, or perhaps : it was the heat. :