Composure maintained when circumstances conspire — the quality this banquet story ultimately celebrates. A trapped gown during a king’s speech, beside a head of state, in front of 160 guests and a livestream, is a pressure test most people would fail loudly. The Princess of Wales passed it by the simplest method available: carrying on as if nothing could possibly be wrong.
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