Even if you’re not a fan of the British royal family, you know whoQueen Elizabethis.
She has been on the throne for decades and has survived turbulent personal and public dramas while ruling.
Here’s the untold truth of the Queen Mother.
So why did Edward have to abdicate?
As such, he said goodbye to the responsibilities of king and forced them upon his brother.
She even blamed Edward for her husband’s death, as he passed when he was just 56.
“The children will not leave unless I do,” she said, as noted byThe Irish Times.
“I’m glad we’ve been bombed,” she said.
“It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.”
She called the duty an"intolerable honor," which pretty much sums it up.
But Middleton has not been the only commoner to marry into the British royal family.
The Queen Mother’s full name at birth was Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon.
So yes, while she was technically born a commoner, her family had a castle.
As a result of his shy personality, King George VI developed a very noticeable stammer.
Cue the Queen Mother, because she was ready to help her husband through the challenge.
The trip happened to take place over Princess Elizabeth’s 21st birthday.
She would go on to live another 50 years without her husband.
The Queen Mother insisted on the finest jewelry, couture clothing, and “vintage champagne.”
She even had 12 racehorses in her own stable.
As such, she left a huge amount of debt for her family to take care of.
She reportedly had the “haziest notion” as to how much lifeactuallycost.
He previously shared this sentiment in 2002 when he spoke at her funeral.
“For me, she meant everything.
“Somehow I never thought it would come.
She seemed gloriously unstoppable and, since I was a child, I adored her.”
Notably, Piers Brendon, a historian, toldExpressthat the Queen Mother was a huge supporter of Charles.
Diana, on the other hand, was reportedly very scared of the monarch.
Three minutes late, the Queen Mother showed up in a wheelchair and sat through her daughter’s funeral.
To make matters worse for her, the Queen Mother had recently been treated for a chest infection.
Shortly thereafter, she fell badly.
Talk about adding hardship on top of hardship.
In her wake, Great Britain held 10 days of national mourning.
After her death, the pomp of royal funerals was in full effect.
Her coffin was placed next to her husband’s.
As noted byHello!magazine,Queen Elizabeth addressed the public via a television broadcast.
Dressed in all black, she thanked them for their unwavering support.
“She had an infectious zest for living, and this remained with her until the very end.”
