ALWAYS  A  LADY

Quote for the Day - July 19, 2010


"At one early, glittering dinner party at Buckingham Palace, the trembling hand of a nervous waiter spilled a spoonful of decidedly hot soup down my neck. How could I manage to ease his mind and turn his embarrassed apologies into a smile, except to put on a pretended frown and say, without thinking: 'Never darken my Dior again!'"


Beatrice Lille [1894-1989], Every Inch a Lady (1973), Chapter 14



Painting on top by Louis Haghe, The New Ballroom - Buckingham Palace - 1856