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Remembering Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, died this day in 2002. . ◼ Born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth was the youngest daughter & the ninth of ten children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne in the Peerage of Scotland), & his wife, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. . ◼ Her mother was descended from British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, & Governor-General of India Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who was the elder brother of another Prime Minister, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. . ◼ The location of her birth remains uncertain, but reputedly she was born either in her parents’ Westminster home at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, or in a horse-drawn ambulance on the way to a hospital. Other possible locations include Forbes House in Ham, London, the home of her maternal grandmother, Louisa Scott. . ◼ Her birth was registered at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, near the Strathmores’ English country house, St Paul’s Walden Bury, which was also given as her birthplace in the census the following year. She was christened there on 23 September 1900, in the local parish church, All Saints, & her godparents included her paternal aunt Lady Maud Bowes-Lyon & cousin Venetia James. . . Portraits from 1907 . . . #QueenMother #QueenElizabeth #ElizabethBowesLyon #LadyElizabethBowesLyon #RoyalFamily #HouseofWindsor #BritishMonarchy #thequeen #royalfamily #historyinpictures #history #Vintagephoto #vintagephotography #buckinghampalace #kensingtonpalace #balmoral #windsorcastle #HerMajesty #Crown #monarchy #thequeen #Queenmum #vintagephoto #vintagephotography #TheBritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheQueen #RoyalHistory Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020 (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-X0z2cj-9u/?igshid=16nko7l8mrf0r

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On This Day In History . 4 August 1900 . Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother was born . . ◼ Born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth was the youngest daughter & the ninth of ten children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne in the Peerage of Scotland), & his wife, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. . ◼ Her mother was descended from British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, & Governor-General of India Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who was the elder brother of another Prime Minister, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. . ◼ The location of her birth remains uncertain, but reputedly she was born either in her parents' Westminster home at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, or in a horse-drawn ambulance on the way to a hospital. Other possible locations include Forbes House in Ham, London, the home of her maternal grandmother, Louisa Scott. . ◼ Her birth was registered at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, near the Strathmores' English country house, St Paul's Walden Bury, which was also given as her birthplace in the census the following year. She was christened there on 23 September 1900, in the local parish church, All Saints, & her godparents included her paternal aunt Lady Maud Bowes-Lyon & cousin Venetia James. . Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1900 #QueenMother #Queenmum #QueenElizabeth #RoyalCollection #ElizabethBowesLyon #LadyElizabeth #LadyElizabethBowesLyon #Royalty #RoyalFamily #History #royalhistory #HouseofWindsor #Monarchy #BritishMonarchy #TheBritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheQueen #D4Aug #Onthisday (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wR31Ega8f/?igshid=me6tuchrx1ft

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900-2002), at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, Aug 1970, by Cecil Beaton . Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 . . . #QueenMother #QueenElizabeth #Thequeenmother #ElizabethBowesLyon #LadyElizabethBowesLyon #RoyalFamily #HouseofWindsor #BritishMonarchy #TheBritishMonarchy #History #Queen #royalty #Royal #Royals #Monarchy #Instagram#follow #CecilBeaton #Windsor #London #England #RoyalCollection #windsorcastle #buckinghampalace #kensingtonpalace #crown #britishroyalfamily (at Windsor, Berkshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvpmusTFGbZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6jgi74uowgqt

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Remembering Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother . ◼ Born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth was the youngest daughter & the ninth of ten children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne in the Peerage of Scotland), & his wife, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. . ◼ Her mother was descended from British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, & Governor-General of India Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who was the elder brother of another Prime Minister, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. . ◼ The location of her birth remains uncertain, but reputedly she was born either in her parents' Westminster home at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, or in a horse-drawn ambulance on the way to a hospital. Other possible locations include Forbes House in Ham, London, the home of her maternal grandmother, Louisa Scott. . ◼ Her birth was registered at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, near the Strathmores' English country house, St Paul's Walden Bury, which was also given as her birthplace in the census the following year. She was christened there on 23 September 1900, in the local parish church, All Saints, & her godparents included her paternal aunt Lady Maud Bowes-Lyon & cousin Venetia James. . . Portraits fom 1907 . . . #QueenMother #QueenElizabeth #ElizabethBowesLyon #LadyElizabethBowesLyon #RoyalFamily #HouseofWindsor #BritishMonarchy #thequeen #royalfamily #historyinpictures #history #Vintagephoto #vintagephotography #buckinghampalace #kensingtonpalace #balmoral #windsorcastle #HerMajesty #Crown #monarchy #TheBritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheQueen Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvpmNVDF3OZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ss7bamrnm4ui

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Did You Know? . The Queen Mother was an experienced fisherwoman. . 👑 On being taken to hospital for the removal of a fishbone from her throat in 1982 she said: "After all these years of fishing, the fish are having their revenge." . . . #QueenMother #QueenElizabeth #ElizabethBowesLyon #LadyElizabeth #LadyElizabethBowesLyon #RoyalFamily #HouseofWindsor #Fishing #FlyFishing #BritishMonarchy #TheBritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheQueen (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrvaxTbl3Z4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t50fotvlfrf4

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900-2002) . Royal Lodge, Windsor, August 1970, by Cecil Beaton . . ◼ She was born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon on 4 August 1900 . ◼ The Bowes-Lyon family is descended from the Royal House of Scotland. One of The Queen Mother's 14th-century ancestors, Sir John Lyon, became Thane of Glamis, home of Macbeth 300 years before, & Glamis Castle is the family seat. . ◼ The Queen Mother always found time to pursue her love of the countryside & sport; she was a keen & expert fisherwoman & like her daughter, enjoyed horse racing, being a leading owner of steeplechasers. . . . #QueenMother #QueenElizabeth #Thequeenmother #ElizabethBowesLyon #LadyElizabethBowesLyon #RoyalFamily #HouseofWindsor #BritishMonarchy #TheBritishMonarchy #HerMajesty #instalike #Mother #Royal #Royals #Windsor #GodSaveTheQueen (at Windsor, Berkshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZQErGlaHU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qqg48pskctx2