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Queen Camilla visits Theatre Royal in Bath and reveals family dress link
Summary
Queen Camilla visited Bath's Theatre Royal and the Holburne Museum, and revealed that her sister had a wedding dress made by designer Zandra Rhodes.
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Queen Camilla, 78, visited Bath today to see the city's Theatre Royal and other cultural sites. She watched part of the technical rehearsal for a community production of David Copperfield at the Theatre Royal. At the Holburne Museum she viewed an exhibition of prints by Sir Don McCullin and toured the Zandra Rhodes: A Life in Print display. During the museum visit she revealed that her sister Annabel Elliot had a wedding dress made by Zandra Rhodes, and she also visited local bookshop Persephone Books.
Key points:
- The Queen watched part of a technical rehearsal for the community production of David Copperfield at the Theatre Royal in Bath.
- At the Holburne Museum she viewed an exhibition of prints by Sir Don McCullin and toured the Zandra Rhodes show.
- Camilla said that her sister Annabel Elliot had a wedding dress made by designer Zandra Rhodes.
- The article notes that Zandra Rhodes dressed the late Princess Diana in the early years of her royal life.
- The Queen visited Persephone Books and spoke with pupil librarians during an event tied to the Coronation Library initiative; she is patron of the National Literacy Trust.
Summary:
The visit highlighted connections between the royal family and British fashion and photography, and it placed local cultural organisations at the centre of the engagement. Undetermined at this time.
