Debutantes & The Regency Social Season History Tea Time

From Jane Austen novels to Downton Abbey, to Bridgerton young debutantes dressed in white gowns with feathers in their hair curtsy before the Queen and then get down to the serious business of attending balls and bagging a rich husband. Debutantes balls and the London season have been highly romanticized. But who were these young women, what was the etiquette of court presentation and the social season? What was the upper class marriage market really like? How did it all come to be and is it still going on today? Put on your finest court gown or your tailcoat and knee breeches and let’s find out!
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