Even in her own royal residence on the outskirts of The Hague, Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands is supposed to obey the rule of her august mother Queen Wilhelmina: "Unmarried ladies of the Court shall not smoke."
Recently, according to Dutch Court gossips last week, the Crown Princess with three unmarried ladies-in-waiting was discreetly smoking in her own drawing room when sounds from the antechamber indicated unmistakably the imminent approach of Majesty.
Panic stricken, the four young women hastily stubbed out their cigarets, whisked the ashtray behind a cushion, waited with pounding...
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