DOWNING STREET DINNER/PALACE OF WESTMINSTER UNVEILING: TWO EVENING ENSEMBLES
CAMILLA MILTON, EARLY 2000s
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Price Realised GBP 3,750
Estimate
GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500
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Closed: 8 May 2019
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DOWNING STREET DINNER/PALACE OF WESTMINSTER UNVEILING: TWO EVENING ENSEMBLES
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Lot Essay
The blue ensemble was worn by Lady Thatcher to a dinner held at no. 10 Downing Street, attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and all of the surviving Prime Ministers of her reign to celebrate The Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002. She wore the café au lait ensemble, also by Camilla Milton, to unveil her statue in the House of Commons lobby in 2007.
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Blue suit: Make-up stains to the detachable jacket collar and the occasional loose sequin. Cafe au lait suit: sound, but with the occasional pulled thread and marks to the neck and cuff linings.
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Lot 56Sale 16441
CAMILLA MILTON, EARLY 2000sDOWNING STREET DINNER/PALACE OF WESTMINSTER UNVEILING: TWO EVENING ENSEMBLESEstimate: GBP 1,000 - 1,500
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