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Apr 1, 2002 · Sun 31 Mar 2002 20.30 EST. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who has died at the age of 101, was the Mother Earth and Mother Courage of her family during almost 80 years of public life. She was ...
5 days ago · Elizabeth I (born September 7, 1533, Greenwich, near London, England—died March 24, 1603, Richmond, Surrey) was the queen of England (1558–1603) during a period, often called the Elizabethan Age, when England asserted itself vigorously as a major European power in politics, commerce, and the arts. Although her small kingdom was threatened ...
Sep 8, 2023 · Queen Elizabeth II became queen of the United Kingdom on February 6, 1952, at age 25 and was crowned on June 2, 1953. She was the mother of Prince Charles, who ascended to the throne after her ...
Sep 15, 2022 · According to the royal family’s website, the Queen Mother was born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon on 4 August, 1900, and spent her early childhood years at St. Paul’s ...
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May 23, 2018 · Though 2002 marked Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee—50 years on the throne—the death of her mother (the beloved Queen Mum) and sister early that year cast a pall on the celebrations.
When her father inherited his Earldom in 1904, she became Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The Bowes-Lyon family is descended from the Royal House of Scotland. One of The Queen Mother's 14th-century ancestors, Sir John Lyon, became Thane of Glamis, home of Macbeth 300 years before, and Glamis Castle is the family seat.
Sep 8, 2022 · From age 7 until just before her marriage in 1947, ... Princess Elizabeth, left, in 1945 with her mother, Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, her father, King George VI, and ...
