The cage crinoline is just around the corner, but Victoria and Eugénie wear full, but unsupported, skirts when they meet at Windsor Castle. The traveler Empress Eugénie wears a bonnet while hostess Victoria is bare-headed.
Keywords: 1855, Queen Victoria, Queen, British, Hanover family, Wettin family, Empress Eugénie, Empress, Bonaparte family, straight coiffure, poke bonnet, bows, high neckline, full skirt, shawl