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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002.(Obituary)
QUEEN ELIZABETH, the Queen Mother, was the longest-lived of all Britain's queens, perhaps the oldest royal since Methuselah, and the family's last surviving Victorian. The ingredients of her popularity and influence were an interesting mix: adding to her longevity and a personal magnetism, which made her a consummate crowd pleaser, she possessed an abiding faith in the status quo and a highly developed sense of noblesse oblige. She was Queen Consort for only sixteen years, while her daughter has reigned almost faultlessly in her own fight for half a century. And yet, the Queen Mother's influence on the monarchy over six decades was a potent one, which is unlikely to be ...
- Final preparations for funeral begin at daybreak; QUEEN MOTHER: Coffin's...
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) April 9, 2002 700+ words
Timetable THE Queen Mother's funeral service at Westminster...corner of the catafalque where the Queen Mother's coffin rests. The Earl of...Kinghorne and his 15-year-old son Lord Glamis, the Queen Mother's closest blood relatives...
- QUEEN MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY: A fine mess as father fails to register.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) August 5, 1999 700+ words
The Queen Mother was born in 1900. Her father, Lord Glamis, had to pay a penalty of 7s and 6d (37.5p) for registering her birth seven days late. Here are a few other facts about the...
- The Queen Mother: 100th Birthday Tribute - Girl with a golden touch.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) August 4, 2000 700+ words
...and character. The Queen Mother was the first subject...died in June 1993. The Queen Mother, the girl with dark...remains a mystery - the Queen Mother herself was said not...Her father, then Lord Glamis, allowed seven weeks...
- Queen Mother Special: Royal blood in her veins.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) March 31, 2002 700+ words
THE Queen Mother, the girl with dark-lashed eyes of china blue...1900. Precisely where remains a mystery. The Queen Mother herself was said not to have known. Her father, then Lord Glamis, allowed seven weeks to pass before driving...
- Queen Mother funeral: THE SKIRL OF SORROW; Queen Mum's pride in her Scottish...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) April 10, 2002 700+ words
...Irish Guards placed the Queen Mother's coffin on the same...Phillips. Next came the Queen Mother's close relatives...Kinghorne and his son Lord Glamis, 15. Huge crowds lined...hand-picked by the Queen Mother - reaffirmed her love...
- The Queen Mother (1900-2002): Bell tolls in final march to Abbey where she...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) April 10, 2002 700+ words
...Friday had brought the Queen Mother's body to Westminster...pageantry. Representing the Queen Mother's blood family, the...his son, 15-yearold Lord Glamis, were also walking...flavour worthy of the Queen Mother who, although born...
- The Queen Mother (1900 - 2002): 128 pipers will lead procession to Abbey.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) April 8, 2002 700+ words
...will again carry the Queen Mother's coffin, surmounted...son. Representing the Queen Mother's blood family, the...son, 15-year-old Lord Glamis, will also walk behind...into the Abbey. The Queen Mother's coffin, draped...
- My family and I ... In one remarkable portrait, the Queen Mother and her eight...
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) Wingett, Fiona April 7, 2002 700+ words
...for a portrait. Lord Glamis stands behind...the much-loved Queen Mother. Her life is...and tragedy. Lord Glamis Elizabeth's...1855 to the title Lord Glamis. His father...Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother's eldest sister...
