On the 6th March 1919, The Soldier Queen, the Scottish born Queen Marie of Romania, pulled into the Gare du Nord greeted by rapturous applause from a huge crowd of well-wishers. Known as a great beauty and social celebrity with a keen sense of fashion, she wowed the crowds with her Arab-inspired black satin dress. However Queen Marie was not in town simply for socialising and shopping (although she did a lot of that too), rather her primary aim was to fiercely lobby for the best settlement for Romania in the wake of World War One. Her rallying of the Romanian troops during the war and her participation in the management of the Romanian war campaign earned her the title of Soldier Queen, and she used her celebrity to great effect at the Paris Peace Conference.