Formerly, men not wearing military uniform wore knee breeches of an 18th-century design. Women's evening dress included obligatory trains and tiaras or feathers in their hair (or both). The dress code governing formal court uniform and dress has progressively relaxed. After World War I, when Queen Mary wished to follow fashion by raising her skirts a few inches from the ground, she requested a lady-in-waiting to shorten her own skirt first to gauge the king's reaction. King George V was horrified, so the queen kept her hemline unfashionably low. Following their accession in 1936, King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth, allowed the hemline of daytime skirts to rise. Today, there is no official dress code. Most men invited to Buckingham Palace in the daytime choose to wear service uniform or lounge suits; a minority wear morning coats, and in the evening, depending on the formality of the occasion, black tie or white tie. COUNT 10
QSN1 What is the official dress code today at Buckingham Palace? ANS1 there is no official dress code QSN2 Which Queen tried and failed to raise the hemline of her dress after WWI? ANS2 Queen Mary QSN3 Which King was horrified to see the Queen's hemline raised a few inches? ANS3 King George V QSN4 The hemline of daytime skirts were allowed to rise after which year? ANS4 1936 QSN5 The knee breeches men formerly wore to the palace were of what era's design? ANS5 18th-century design QSN6 From what century were men's knee breeches worn at Buckingham designed in? ANS6 18th-century design QSN7 What were women obliged to wear in their hair? ANS7 tiaras or feathers QSN8 Which queen wanted to shorten her skirt's hemline? ANS8 Queen Mary QSN9 Which King was horrified to see the raised hemline on the Queen? ANS9 George V QSN10 What is the dress code today at Buckingham? ANS10 there is no official dress code