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Fascinating facts about the late Queen Mother, Elizabeth
Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon was born on August 4, 1900, and was the ninth of ten children. Her parents were Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later the 14th Earl of Strathmore ...
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Royal Weddings
Elizabeth II's father, His Majesty King George VI, exchanged vows with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at the High Altar in April 1923. In all, only 16 royal weddings have taken place in the Abbey but the ...
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The Queen
Her Majesty the Queen was born on 21 April 1926 in London, the first child of Prince Albert, The Duke of York, and his wife, formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Third in line to the throne ...