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Her Majesty the Queen Mother

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the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowles-Lyon

Born on August 4,1900

Known as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Her father was Lord Glamis (later 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne)

Is descended from the Royal Family of Scotland

Was educated at home

WWI broke out on her 14th birthday. Her older brother Fergus was killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915

FAVORITE PLACE: Glamis Castle, Sandringham

FAVORITE FOOD: coconut cake

FAVORITE DRINK: tea, white wine

HOBBIES: gardening

FAVORITE PEOPLE: her grandchildren and great-grandchildren

DISLIKES: Wallis Simpson, being on time

BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: saving the floral print industry

BIGGEST MISTAKE: saving the floral print industry


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