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: a duchess who is appointed nominally in the British royal household to have charge of the queen's robes and who attends the queen at all state ceremonies

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“Mistress of the Robes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mistress%20of%20the%20Robes. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.

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