Despite the fact that the queen’s true character has not come out, people close to her testify that she was very eloquent and humorous
September 8 will be etched in the black pages of the history of the royal family, after the longest-lived British monarch breathed her last.
More specifically, and as the palace announced in an official announcement, Queen Elizabeth passed away at the age of 96 at 20:30 Greek time.
Queen Elizabeth, who ascended the throne on June 2, 1953, at the age of 27, has managed to become extremely popular despite not giving frequent interviews. On the occasion of the sad event, let’s remember her course.
Her life in fast forward
Having as a father Prince Albert, Duke of York (later known as King George VI), and as a mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926 in London. Both she and her sister were educated at home, and in her early years, Elizabeth was not trained to be a queen. Among the classes Elizabeth took were French, dance, voice and art.
In 1939, during the war, Elizabeth and her sister were transferred out of London and more specifically to Windsor Castle and at the age of 13 she was called to give her first speech. Speaking on the radio and addressing the children who were separated from their families because of the war, she reassured them. In 1945 she trained with other British women and then joined the army where she volunteered in the Auxiliary Ground Service.
Traveling back in time and more specifically to 1953, we find Elizabeth assuming the throne after the death of her father, King George VI who had become king after the abdication of his brother Edward.
Shortly before her coronation, Elizabeth on November 20, 1947, was united in the sacred bonds of matrimony with Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in a glittering ceremony at Westminster.
The two of them, who stayed together from that day until Philip’s death on April 9, 2021, and despite the ups and downs in their relationship and the diversity of their characters, seemed very much in love. Together, they had four children, with the first-born and next-in-line Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, Charles. It is worth noting that the two of them were second cousins ​​and met when Elizabeth was only 13 years old.
Having been on the throne for over 68 years, the Queen has made hundreds of official trips and met hundreds of heads of state. Despite the fact that the real character of the queen has not come out, people close to her testify that she was very eloquent and humorous. At the same time, she is one of the most loved people in Britain. It is no coincidence that he received letters from admirers and intense expressions of adoration from the world every day.
1. Motherhood in Elizabeth’s life: According to “The Crown” writer and consultant Robert Lacey, the queen was never able to enjoy motherhood because of her obligations. “I don’t know if you know, but only two days a year, Christmas and Easter, does she not open the red box with all the official documents that come into her hands… Consider that almost immediately after her coronation she left for a long tour six months old, leaving behind Karolos and Anna. That’s why in the 60’s they decided with Filippo to have two more children – in my opinion, to create a ‘new family’, to fill the void of the early years of her reign, to live up to what they were deprived of as parents. Her children, therefore, rightly have grievances. Elizabeth was not a good mother,” says Robert Lacey, among other things, in the anniversary edition which is published with Kathimerini next Sunday.
2. The problems in her marriage with Philip: “Was there a crisis in their marriage after her coronation in 1953? Most of their biographers claim this. Indeed, they trace it to the decade that separates the births of their first two children and two that followed. During those years, every Thursday, the Duke of Edinburgh met friends in a private room at Wheeler’s restaurant in Soho…rumors of wild parties, even orgies, were never confirmed, as the mouths of the participants they never opened. In 1956, Elizabeth’s husband left her in Buckingham and left for a round-the-world trip on the royal yacht Britannia. She was gone for three months,” reports Tassoula Eptakoilis in the chapter “Meeting Philip, the impressive marriage and the carefree years, the change brought to their relationship by the coronation, the difficult balances and finally the warmth that sealed a coexistence of 73 years”.
3. Her complicated relationship with Greece: “Despite her husband’s origins, Greece is one of the few countries that Elizabeth has not officially visited. This ‘detail’ is enough to describe the kind of ties between Buckingham and in Philip’s homeland?” asks Kostas M. Stamatopoulos in the introduction of the corresponding chapter and makes us want to learn as much as possible. It should be noted that the British monarch visited Greece only once, unofficially and more specifically, she arrived in Athens on the morning of December 6, 1950 and left on the 11th of the same month.
4.”If She Wasn’t Queen, She’d Be a Professional Horse Breeder”: In the “Some Things We Know About Her” chapter edited by the “K” editorial team, Elizabeth’s plans for her future when she was young are revealed . More specifically, it states “If she wasn’t Queen, she would become a professional horse breeder”, as “little Lilybet began riding at the age of four the Shetland pony Peggy given to her by her grandfather George V, continuing a great Windsor tradition . Later, she began her own career in thoroughbred breeding and horse racing.”
5. Into the realm of myth: At 96 years old, Elizabeth has managed to step out of the normal scale of human perception of time and has entered the realm of myth. The new tube line, Crossrail, connecting Heathrow Airport to central London – the biggest, most expensive and technically the most ambitious infrastructure project in all of Europe – already got its name while it was still alive.
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