U.S. Debutantes in England of 1932

The moment of glory will be the climax of weeks of excitement and preparation—hours spent at dressmakers, the trip from America, long lessons in Court etiquette and hours spent in a queue of limousines in the Mall awaiting their turn to enter the palace. 

LONDON, May 11 (AP). Twelve American women will stand for one brief moment before Britain’s King and Queen tonight and hear the softly spoken words of presentation to Royalty. They will then curtsey in solemn “Thank you” for the regal favor and depart, tired and perhaps wondering a bit, to their hotels. The moment of glory will be the climax of weeks of excitement and preparation—hours spent at dressmakers, the trip from America, long lessons in Court etiquette and hours spent in a queue of limousines in the Mall awaiting their turn to enter the palace. 

The American women who will meet King George and Queen Mary will be just individuals in a crowd of hundreds of presentees of all nations tonight and tomorrow night. They will receive no more Royal attention than the presentee of a minister of the smallest and most remote principality. The gathering of men, resplendent in decorations and knee breeches and women in their white gowns and crowned by ribbon bandeaux holding three spotless white plumes, make a never to be forgotten sight.— San Pedro News Pilot, 1932

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