How Queen Elizabeth's Dresser Exactly Replicated the Royal Family's Christening Gown
Summary
Earlier this fall it was announced that Angela Kelly, the Queens assistant and dresser, had been granted special permission to write a memoir about her experiences working in the Palace. Now, ahead of the books publication date, the first excerpts from The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe have come to light. We placed each piece of lace in a small bowl, from the Dressers’ kitchen, filled with cool water and a tea bag and left it for about five minutes, checking regularly until the colour was perfect," Kelly explains, according a sneak peek of the book, which was published this weekend in Hello. "At each stage of the process I would show our progress to the Queen: first the bodies, then the sleeves attached to it, then the skirt with the under-layers on, and finally the completed robe. "It gives a rare insight into the demands of the job of supporting the Monarch, and we gain privileged insight into a successful working relationship, characterized by humor, creativity, hard work, and a mutual commitment to service and duty," Samantha Cohen, former assistant private secretary to the Queen, says of Kellys book.