The hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II's coffin stopped briefly as it arrived in the town of Windsor, west of London, on Monday afternoon, so troops from the British Army's Grenadier Guards could take their places flanking the vehicle for it's slow, final push to Windsor Castle. The state...
Elizabeth and sister Margaret did, however, celebrateV-E Dayamong their subjects. They, with several ladies-in-waiting, snuck out of Buckingham Palace and joined the celebrations in Central London without being recognized; possibly the only time in her life she was ever able to do so. Royal ...
of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later became George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace, the young princess spent most of her early years enjoying a quiet family life with her parents and her sister, Princess Margaret. ...
Once in Windsor, the state hearse will carry the coffin along the Long Walk to the queen's final resting place at St. George's Chapel, on the grounds of Windsor Castle. The queen will be buried next to her father King George VI, her sister Princess Margaret, andPrince Phi...
“celebrity culture” were still a few decades away. It was something quite simple, but the happy formative years Princess Elizabeth enjoyed undoubtedly account for her calm and steady character. The Yorks gave their daughters, Elizabeth and her sister Margaret (born in August 1930), ...
"Lilibet" and her younger sister, Margaret, born in 1930, were educated at home by tutors, including a governess. Soon after the coronation of Elizabeth's father, the U.K. was plunged into World War II. At 14, she made her first radio broadcast in 1940, addressing children who ha...
But in 1936, when she was 10, Edward VIII abdicated to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, and Elizabeth’s father became King George VI. Princess Margaret recalled asking her sister whether this meant that Elizabeth would one day be queen. ”‘Yes, I suppose it does,’...
In fact, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor after the queen and the Duke of Sussex's mother, the late Princess Diana.8. When she was a child, the queen gave her sister, Princess Margaret, the nickname Bud.9. Queen Elizabeth II ...
Elizabeth and her younger sister Margaret were doted on by their parents, with her father dubbing the family, “we four.” It was a comfortable but strictly confined upbringing. Elizabeth’s world was turned upside down in 1936, following George V’s death and the abdication of Elizabeth’s ...
The George VI Memorial Chapel in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, where the Queen's father and mother were interred. A casket containing the ashes of the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, is also in the vault. Tim Ockenden/PA Images/Getty Images Its destination is the now-familiarSt. Geor...