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The Dowager Duchess of Grafton, steadfast confidante of the Queen who performed the duties of Mistress of the Robes with faultless discretion – obituary
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NPG x193014; 'The Queen with her Maids of Honour and Mistress of the Robes' - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
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NPG Ax41178; Lady Evelyn Clementia Ewart (née Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby) as the Duchess of Ancaster, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Charlotte, 1757, after a picture by Hudson - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
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THE FOOTMAN: Fortune's Good Fortune – The story of the Queen's Mistress of the Robes as she celebrates her 101st birthday – Royal Central
![Queen Elizabeth II with her Mistress of the Robes and the six Maids of Honour after her coronation. 1953 
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Queen Elizabeth II with her Mistress of the Robes and the six Maids of Honour after her coronation. 1953 
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