The German court was known as being second only to the Spanish court in terms of over the top formality and while a duchess did rank as book three of the almanach de Gotha, there would have been many people at the dinner who were book one, that is HRH or even HIH. It is odd that the lady looks very unlike the Queen but then, the Kaiserin isn’t an especially good likeness. I think it may just be that the men had such strong visuals that the artist didn’t bother as much with their consorts.
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