#OTD in 2002, The Queen Mother died at Royal Lodge, Windsor, 7 weeks after Princess Margaret's death.
This was the country home of her parents.
She was Commandant-in-Chief of the Army and Air Force Women's Services, and for Women in the Royal Navy, and held other Service appointments.
That is the clear message from us all.let us bear in mind the great opportunity that is offered by the Commonwealth – of joining with others, stronger together, for the common good.Your new building, which is so clearly based on ideas of openness and accessibility, will provide an exciting forum for Londoners as your debates ebb and flow.From childhood days Lady Elizabeth and her older sisters had been friendly with the children of King George V and Queen Mary.The Royal Household © Crown CopyrightShe was born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon on 4 August 1900 (fourth daughter of Lord Glamis, later 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and second child). The Queen Mother initially didn’t approve of Prince Philip as a match for her daughter, then Princess Elizabeth – viewing him as a “dangerously progressive” man, a documentary claims. Her first public appearance after her wedding was on 30 June 1923, at the RAF pageant at Hendon. When King Edward VIII abdicated on 11 December the same year, his brother, Albert, Duke of York, was proclaimed King George VI, and his Duchess became Queen Elizabeth, the first British-born Queen consort since Tudor times.The baton relay represents a calling together of people from every part of the Commonwealth.They had two children, Princess Elizabeth, born on 21 April 1926 at the Strathmores' London home, 17 Bruton Street, and Princess Margaret, born on 21 August 1930 at Glamis Castle.
It symbolises excellence.Lady Elizabeth was educated at home By the age of 10, she was fluent in French. 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.In 1948 the King and Queen celebrated their Silver Wedding. In 1922 Lady Elizabeth acted as one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of their daughter, Princess Mary.Her Arms, without any supporters, crowns or garters, were used as her Standard.The Royal Warrant of Appointment is an ancient and honourable institution.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was the mother of Queen Elizabeth II, the present British sovereign, and the widow of King George VI. 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. The Queen, meanwhile, offered Diana a chance to find the home life she had been missing—Diana’s own mother had left home, and a broken marriage, when Diana was only six.