Prepping for the Queen Tests the Commoners
Many Are Dizzy With Protocol Anxiety
By Darragh Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 3, 2007

Jacqueline Bowens knows how to decipher the intricacies of life or death trauma, but the directives from Buckingham Palace have her flummoxed.

" 'Day Dress' for the women," frets the Children's National Medical Center vice president. "We're thinking that's Business Attire."

"Or are we supposed to wear dresses?" worries Terry Orzechowski, the Washington hospital's director of volunteer services. " Can women wear pants to meet the queen?" the rest

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