Thanks, Nellie. I wonder whether these ladies had a behind the scenes role. I don't think the dresses were identical, but they were similar in style. All the ladies in the procession were very slim! Of the highly visible women at the Coronation (there weren't many), Queen Salote and the Queen Mother were ladies of a certain substance.

There was quite a dance, as we've said previously, to get everyone into place at key moments - the peers to surround the throne platform, everyone to get into place for the recessional. I remember that this was said to be nerve wracking at rehearsals.