22 June 1868: The First Garden Party





On 22 June 1868, queen Victoria hosted the first ever Garden Party at
Buckingham Palace. 




Of course, she mentioned this special event in her diary: 
"The afternoon splendid & not too hot."
"Quantities of people on the lawn who I had to recognise as I went along."




Despite her anxiety the day was a resounding success. It was recorded in 
The Illustrated London News. 

Two particularly lavish Garden Parties were held to celebrate
Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees in 1887 and 1897.



Source pictures: Wikipedia

Comments

Billy Blue Eyes said…
You know it would not do to be hot with the amount of clothes they wore then
It certainly was 🙈 for some reasons i want those dresses back (social distance 😇🤣)

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