The Queen Mother's personality and determination made a remarkable difference to the war effort as did her fight to improve the British people's morale during the second world war. Her insistence that the royal family remain in London was so much more than a reassuring statement.
The story of the extraordinary woman behind the Throne whose life spanned a century.
Her talent was the remarkable ability to reach ordinary people and inspire a great love.
As old as the century she lived in, the Queen Mother was a revered figure in British life. A symbol of courage in the Second World War and an enduring icon of stability, the Queen Mother attracted a loyalty of affection matched only by the Queen herself. This remarkable portrait digs beneath the ...
Elizabeth Bowes Lyon was born in Scotland at the end of the Victorian era. When she died in 2002 aged 102 her remarkable life had spanned the entire twentieth century, and as Queen, mother and Royal great-grandmother she became a cornerstone of the British monarchy.
This one hour portrait rememb...
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