5th May, 1935

All preparations for Jubilee ready...

Lady Hariot Dufferin

Diplomat's wife and philanthropist

The White House, Denham

Lovely day. All preparations for Jubilee* ready. After tea I started to go into the garden by the glass doors in the day room but found nothing to hold onto and fell back into the drawing-room flat on my back. I broke nothing.

Victoria dashed off to get the brandy but I thought I was alright […] I sat at an open window and in the morning heard the service. […In the afternoon there were games for the children & various sports & a big tea undertaken by the ladies who had far too much to do. In the evening a bonfire and dance…

*George V Silver Jubilee