Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 (1900–2002)
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She was queen for fifteen years, then spent half a century as the smiling matriarch who outlasted scandal, outlived most of her generation, and kept showing up until she was 101.
Born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon into British nobility on 4 August 1900, she married Prince Albert, Duke of York, in 1923—second son, no expectation of the throne. The couple and their two daughters became the picture of steady public service until 1936, when Albert's older brother Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson and Albert unexpectedly became George VI. As queen consort, Elizabeth accompanied her husband on diplomatic tours to France and North America, then spent the Second World War projecting what looked like indomitable resolve to a battered public. Widowed at 51 in 1952 when her el…
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Whilst playing cards, Elizabeth: How are you getting on? You don't look very happy. Lord Salisbury: Oh, Ma'am, I've been left with a horrible queen.
Never trust them, never trust them. They can't be trusted.
I am glad we have been bombed. Now we can look the East End in the eye.
Tinkety tonk old fruit, and down with the Nazis.
The children won't go without me. I won't leave the King. And the King will never leave.
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