Meeting the Queen's Dresser

On Wednesday, February 2nd, Thomas met the Queen's Dresser, who visited his school, St. James' Primary School.

Thomas says, "Her first name was Diana. She had short, grayish hair, and a kind face.  She spoke to all the students at my school.  She talked about dressing the Queen, and her job.  She said she liked it a lot and got a chance to travel to interesting places.  She said it was really fun, especially the Queen's eight dogs.  She showed us pictures of the Queen's clothes and brought in a hatbox and showed us pins like the ones used to pin the Queen's hat in place so it didn't blow away.  (The Queen always pins on her own hat.)  She got to live in the palace, and stayed on the floor right above the queen, so that if the queen needed her in the night, she could just zip down the stairs.  She retired in 2003.       Some of her favorite moments were at Christmas when all the dogs would get new toys and try to steal each other's.  The Queen used to yell at the dogs, and she thought that was very funny.  I thought she was really nice."