THE PINK DRESS WORN BY THE QUEEN THE DAY MICHELLE OBAMA BREACHED ROYAL PROTOCOL BY PUTTING AN ARM AROUND HER WAIST IS SET TO GO ON DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. THE WIFE OF THE US PRESIDENT MADE THE SPONTANEOUS GESTURE, WHICH THE QUEEN RECIPROCATED, DURING A RECEPTION FOR THE G20 LEADERS LAST YEAR. HER MAJESTY'S PINK DRESS WITH A BOX PLEATED HEM WAS DESIGNED BY ANGELA KELLY, THE QUEEN'S INFLUENTIAL DRESSER, AND WILL BE PART OF AN EXTENSIVE DISPLAY WHICH MIXES THE FORMAL AND INFORMAL ASPECTS OF THE ROYAL YEAR. THE CENTER PIECE OF THE SHOW, WHICH OPENS ON 27.JULY, WILL BE THE MAGNIFICENT ROBE OF STATE, ALSO ON VIEW FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH THE QUEEN WILL WEAR AT THE STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT NEXT WEEK. THE MACE, THE GREAT SWORD OF STATE AND THE CAP OF MAINTENANCE WHICH WILL PRECEDE HER MAJESTY IN PROCESSION THROUGH THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER DURING THE STATE OPENING WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY. THE QUEEN'S TROOPING THE COLOUR SADDLE WILL BE ON SHOW, ALONG WITH THE PEARL AND EMERALD-ENCRUSTED VLADIMIR TIARA BOUGHT BY QUEEN MARY IN 1921 AND MOST RECENTLY WORN BY HER MAJESTY IN HER OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH AS QUEEN OF CANADA. VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE GIFTS THE QUEEN HAS RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING A MODEL OF WALLACE AND GROMIT, THE CARTOON CHARACTERS GIVEN TO HER IN 1996, AND A BUCKINGHAM PALACE UNDERGROUND SIGN FROM THE TRIP TO ALDGATE EAST TUBE STATION IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. TENS OF THE HATS HER MAJESTY HAS WORN AT ROYAL ASCOT OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED, TOGETHER WITH THE ONE SHE PLANS TO WEAR THIS YEAR.
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