d Unmarried Ladies to Wear
Plumes.=--The married lady's Court plume consists of three white
feathers.

An unmarried lady's of two white feathers.

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=The three white feathers= should be mounted as a Prince of Wales'
plume, and worn towards the left-hand side of the head.

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=Coloured feathers= may not be worn.

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=In deep mourning= white feathers must be worn, black feathers are
inadmissible.

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=White veils or lace lappets= must be worn with the feathers. The veils
should not be longer than 45 inches.

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=Bouquets are not included= in the dress regulations issued by the Lord
Chamberlain, although they are invariably carried by both married and
unmarried ladies. It is thus optional to carry a bouquet or not, and
some elderly ladies carry much smaller bouquets than do younger ladies.

A fan and a lace pocket-handkerchief are also carried by a lady on
presentation or on attending a Court, but these two items are also
altogether optional.

CHAPTER XI

PRESENTATIONS AT LEVEES AND ATTENDING LEVEES

=Levees are held by the King= in person. Those who have been presented
at levees held by His late Majesty, King Edward, do not require to be
again presented to His Majesty King George.

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=Four or more Levees are usually held every year= by the King at St.
James's Palace.

Gentlemen are officially presented by the heads of any department or
profession to which they individually belong, whether civil or military,
naval or clerical; it is more usual for a gentleman to be presented by
the head of his department, or by the colonel of his regiment, than by
his nearest relative.

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=Presentations are also made by Relatives= and friends of those
presented; but these are greatly in the minority at all levees.

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=Gentlemen must be again presented= at every step in their career,
whether civil, military, naval, or clerical--on civil appointments, on
gaining steps of naval, military, legal, or clerical rank, and on
accession to title, whether inherited or conferred.

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=Those entitled to be presented at His Majesty's Levees= are the members
of the