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1 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on her 50th birthday Credit: Getty - Contributor Who was the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother was born on August 4, 1900. In 1923 she married Prince Albert. She became Queen Elizabeth after Prince Albert's brother King Edward VIII abdicated the throne on December 11, 1936.
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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 - 30 March 2002), known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, or just The Queen Mother was the wife ( Queen Consort) of King George VI of the United Kingdom from 1936 until his death in 1952. After her husband's death, she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, so that she would not.
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The Queen has entrusted the writing of the official biography of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother to Mr William Shawcross. Mr Shawcross will be given full access to Queen Elizabeth's personal papers, which are held in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle. Share this article: Facebook Twitter The Christmas Broadcast 2021
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1 1902: Born to Be a Lady Hulton Deutsch // Getty Images Like many Queen Consorts, the Queen Mother was from an aristocratic family. Born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite.
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Print Collector // Getty Images Queen Mary, 1867-1953 King Charles's great-grandmother Queen Mary was royal by birth (her great-grandfather was King George III). Despite technically being a.
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Background and death The Queen Mother had developed a persistent cold which she caught during Christmas 2001. She was bedridden at Sandringham after her final public engagement on 22 November 2001, when she attended the recommissioning of HMS Ark Royal. [4]
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The Queen grew up in a loving and supportive family with her sister Margaret and her parents The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). They led a relatively quiet life until her father's unexpected accession to the throne in 1936. In a letter from The King following her marriage to Prince Philip in 1947, His.
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Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was born on 4th August 1900, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. On the death of her husband she became Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. Marriage. She married HRH Prince Albert, Duke of York (son of George V and Queen Mary), in Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923.
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As Duchess of York and then Queen Elizabeth, she transformed her husband, the future King George VI, "from an unconfident young man into an active and effective working member of the Royal family.
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Sat 30 Mar 2002 14.59 EST. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, has died at the age of 101. She was queen for fewer than 15 years, during a period which is now beginning to pass out of living memory.
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Accession King George V died in January 1936. When King Edward VIII abdicated on 11 December the same year, his brother, Albert, Duke of York, was proclaimed King George VI, and his Duchess became Queen Elizabeth, the first British-born Queen Consort since Tudor times. Activities as Queen
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1923 30th June Life as The Duchess of York After her marriage, Lady Elizabeth becomes The Duchess of York. She made her first public appearance as a member of The Royal Family when she accompanied King George V, Queen Mary and her husband to the RAF pageant at Hendon. 1926 21st April Birth of Princess Elizabeth
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In August 1990, ITN's Alastair Burnet interviewed Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother to celebrate her 90th birthday. Walking around the garden of the Royal Lo.
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Last Edited March 17, 2022 Her Majesty (HM) Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, consort of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II , Queen of Canada, the United Kingdom and 13 other Commonwealth realms (born 4 August 1900 in London, United Kingdom; died 30 March 2002 in Windsor, United Kingdom).
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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon [b] (4 August 1900 - 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was concurrently the last Empress of India until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947.
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As noted by Dawn, the Queen Mother — at the time known as Elizabeth, the Duchess of York — became queen when her husband became king in the aftermath of Edward's abdication, and she reportedly never forgave her brother-in-law for the position he had put them in. So why did Edward have to abdicate?