Queen elizabeth the queen mother

The Queen’s mother and father: Who Elizabeth II’s parents were and the royal family tree explained Explained The Queen’s parents never expected to become the ruling royals but were thrust into the position following the abdication of King Edward VIII King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the gardens at Windsor Castle in 1946 (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images) His older brother, Edward VIII, was heir to the throne before him and became king in 1936 upon his father’s death. Less than a year on, however, On 11 December 1936 he delivered a message to the country: “I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.” The wedding of Princess Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in 1947, with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth standing front right (Photo: AFP via Getty Images) The old law of rex nunquam moritur activated – the king never dies – and Edward’s little brother, Albert Frederick Arthur George, became King George VI. George had already married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 and the pair had two children: Elizabeth II and Margaret Rose, aged 10 and six. His wife became Queen Elizabeth and his first-born daughter became heir to the throne. George VI was known for his stammer that became the subject of the 2010 film The King’s Speech, and this added to a character of normalness and modesty. He reigned through the Second World War, where the essence of thi...

She was not born royal – she was the daughter of a Scottish earl, a commoner, an outsider. According to her previous biographer Hugo Vickers, she had wanted to attract the Prince of Wales – later Edward VIII – but he brushed her off and she married his younger brother, George, instead. She would have lived a life of dogs, shooting and house parties (she never did learn to operate a pedestrian crossing) except that Edward fell for Wallis Simpson and abdicated, because he could not marry a divorcee – and so she became queen. She hated Simpson, even though she handed her the crown. She never forgave her – for what, I am not sure – and hounded her across the empire, ensuring she never got a royal title and was ostracised by the sort of people who care about the royal family; that is, the only people Simpson and Edward cared about. I didn't care for Wallis either, but she was not my sister-in-law. Why did Elizabeth hate Wallis? She always said she never wanted to be queen and that being king killed her husband. She projected the vision of a martyr – presumably so Britain would be grateful for her sacrifice and allow her to live the life of a 17th-century empress, which she did. At her dinners there were pages behind every chair. She never wanted to be queen, she said – but how she loved the trappings! She married into the royal family, and became more royal than any of them. Next to her, Elizabeth I resembles a Little Britain character. She was, in fact, rather cruel. Two of he...

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Margaret, who became known for her glamour and beauty, displayed an early love for nightlife and the arts. When she was in her early 20s, she fell in love with Group Capt. Peter Townsend, a war hero who had served as an equerry to her father. Their romance became public knowledge when Margaret was seen brushing lint off Townsend’s jacket at her sister’s coronation in 1953. Although Townsend and Margaret wished to marry, the fact that he was divorced made the marriage unsuitable, and Margaret gained Margaret was already a fixture on Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1958. The announcement of their engagement in February 1960 caught many by surprise. They were married on May 6, 1960, in the first royal wedding to be televised. (Armstrong-Jones was created earl of Snowdon in 1961.) The marriage was at first successful, and they had two children: David, Viscount Linley, born in 1961, and Lady Sarah, born in 1964. By the 1970s, however, the couple had grown apart. Both of the Snowdons engaged in public love affairs, and the princess scandalized Eventually her extensive charitable work, combined with a new, more modern sympathy for the restricted options she faced, gained her a measure of public respect. Princess Margaret, who smoked and drank heavily throughout her adult life, was often in ill health. She had surgery for possible This article was most recently revised and updated by

"Over the years I have met many people who have had to cope with family loss, sometimes in the most tragic of circumstances. So I count myself fortunate that my mother was blessed with a long and happy life," the Queen said. "She had an infectious zest for living, and this remained with her until the very end. I know too that her faith was always a great strength to her." When her husband was crowned King George VI on December 12, 1936, after the abdication crisis of King Edward VIII, she became the first British-born Queen Consort since Tudor times — a pillar of strength to him and also to the nation. Known for her fun-loving attitude and sense of duty (she was still carrying out public engagements in the last months of her life, despite illness), she was a source of comfort to the nation through difficult times.