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The Queen Mum ~ Star Chart and Star Menu
Prince George [Bertie to family and close friends] and Lady Elizabeth first met – according to her father – when she was about five. They went to the same children’s party, and Lady Elizabeth – whose manners were already impeccable – offered Bertie the crystallized cherries off her piece of cake. He was only nine, but she obviously made a lasting impression for he recognized her at once the next time he saw her, thirteen years later.
Elizabeth was a graceful and engaging child, with long dark hair, deep blue eyes and a lovely smile. She had natural composure. In his excellent book, Thirty Years a Queen, Geoffrey Wakeford tells the following anecdote of Lady Elizabeth, who, when barely five, greeted her father’s factor, Mr. Ralston: “How do you do, Mr. Ralston?” And then volunteered the information: “I haven’t seen you look so well, not for years and years, and I’m sure you’ll be sorry to know that Lord Strathmore has got the tooth-ache.” Other visitors to the Bowes-Lyon household remember being greeted by a smiling Elizabeth with the inviting words: ‘Shall us sit and talk?’
-Josy Argy and Wendy Riches, BRITAIN’S ROYAL BRIDES
The Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
100th BIRTHDAY OF ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER
Royal News Service
Queen Mum's 100 Scottish Years
CNN In-Depth Special Queen Mother Remembered
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QUEEN ELIZABETH'S WHITE WARDROBE
On 30 July 2005, the 'White Wardrobe' worn by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother during
the State Visit to France in July 1938 goes on display at Buckingham Palace.
The wardrobe, designed by the legendary couturier Norman Hartnell, caused a sensation
in Paris, and helped establish Queen Elizabeth's personal style.
BACK to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Jupiter, The Philosophic Urge
Comment from The Salad Days "Boxwood Farm was an absolute gem, built
in 1740 or thereabouts. The boxwood was brought over from England..."
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip welcome President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama
G20 and tea party at Buckingham Palace in London, England, April 2009
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Official Site of the British Royalty
ACADEMY AWARDS - THE QUEEN
As Queen Elizabeth, Helen Mirren portrays the British monarch facing changes in her traditional role
during thedifficult period following the 1997 death of Princess Diana.