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Who were the train-bearers for female royals?

• Female royals of the 18th and 19th century wore court dress, to which long trains were attached to the garment. Did the female royals have train-bearers, or a lackey with a long ...show more

• Answer:

  CG is correct; either pages-of-honour or (for a queen) the Mistress of the Robes and maids-of-honour carry the train. If it gets disarranged, they rearrange it - there's certainly no poking around with a stick, what a weird idea! And they still do perform this service at royal ceremonies such as coronations and the State Opening of Parliament. The pages and maids-of-honour are normally the children of aristocrats gentry; as the title suggests it is considered a privilege, not a job. At Elizabeth II's coronation the Mistress of the Robes was a Dowager Duchess and the maids-of-honour were all the daughters of peers.