On This Day In Royal History
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4 August 1900
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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother was born
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Elizabeth was the wife of King George VI & the mother of Queen Elizabeth II & Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. She was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Dominions from her husband’s accession in 1936 until his death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter. She was the last Empress consortt of India.
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◼ Born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth was the youngest daughter & the ninth of ten children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne in the Peerage of Scotland), & his wife, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck.
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◼ Her mother was descended from British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, & Governor-General of India Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who was the elder brother of another Prime Minister, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
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Pictured here is The Queen Mother, when Duchess of York, & baby Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II 👑
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Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
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