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Queen Was Groomed For Role From Her Earliest Childhood

Monarch's Young Life Spans Q

In Britainls Changing Social History

By Robert Temple

As the great golden coach comes in sight, millions television set may think of the life of our young Queen.

life that they have watched develop to be crowned on this day. They may 1 London townhouse not half a mile from the mix e would have ,0 keep M omcm

that their Queen was born in a of the procession, very The house was at 17 Bruton street.

of the Earl of Strathmore (the Queen's 21'andfatherJ

York converted a room into a nursery on the second floor of

early on a fine spring morning in 1926. ' . and was the old-fashioned home in London She 8150 Milled

rnr. cUARoi5n0.Wcg;A0RLoTreirowixi

. the proposed marriage of the ' heires presumptive, and Prince A Philip of Greece abandoned his claims to the Greek throne and his foreign title and became Lt. Philip Mountbatten, RN until he was ennobled by his future fath- er-in-law to take the title the

Duke of Edinburgh. The date of the wedding was waiting at the curb or by a fixed for November 20. Immed- They may 1001,; back 0n the lately the Princess was faced with t rpmembel. great domestic responsibilities. 'As the heiress to the throne she

household in an official residence. to maintain A country home.

It had been Duke should continue his naval

The Duke and Duchess of

this house 0g which, decided that the

though numbered in Bruton street, actually faced Berkeley Square. But the QueenIcan- Cmee, ,-mo which he had put M, not go back to look at her birthplace because the old house was sold and demolished much eaizeme” and ability. so

some years later and now a great block of modern offices stands on the site. Allliough the Duke and Duchess mod- ernizcd the place to some extent. it is strange to recall that

the Princess faced the prospect of a strangely uncertain future with lQueen and her elder daughter. the heaviest responsibilities. Dn ,partlCLllIll'l,V. WPI'9 ll'N'Tl9d Elm"! one thing she was determined-

even such a little while afzo these great town houses were i his health We Ml Tesmmed W3 that She would have an entirely

run with many more scrvaiits than the Princess had later when she managed her own home at Clarenco'l'louse. And when 17 Brutoii stcct was acquired for demolition, the con- tractors found in its basement a curious relic of the Vic- lorian age-a row of 2!) copper baths which each morning the servants used to carry to the E11951-V 1'00m5

and flll ithe Battle nl Britain, it was de- couple,

iR,Dyal Faiiizlys movements and new or modernized home of her lhedged ihcm at-mind with lil'PC3U- owii, made to her own design to tions and mwieties. The Princess. suit herself. It is believed that it like any Nlier sniliited 'l9Ph'aS9 was Queen Mary who made the girl, wanted in .101” Somelhmli acceptable suggestion that Clar- and 'do ltcr bit”. Then in the ence House, in the Mall, should autumn of 1940. not long aftli be mom,-rmzed for me young

. . - - " ' t"-l ded iiiiainlv for reasons of

from hot ll'li0l cans lllOllEl1l thiougli the winding corii ci . , Clarence House has been bum

1 ( propaganda lll Occupied Europei for the Duke of Cmrencm H-Mn

tors" . V. 0 ,, , lhal ll" ""””l3 Prlllce” Shomd an elderly Admiral, so there is The infant Piinicss was make 119'; h,0,ui(;asi, she was only another

in London for only tlic first "l b9 355”””'"l mm m” N”

. - .Princesse.s. It was 145 Piccadilly. three months of hci life. The house was by no means pm.

They were troubled mOlllllS,m;i or in me Royal manner-it

but she at We notice. l.”.i2.f?2.””ti.1 zligrilmiii lP”.Ched by th 9 ('CnC'la1l.soiiili of Hyde Park facing Picca- bllllliit Wlllcll llmk place dilly. (It was destroyed by a

then. After her christening bomb d-ui-mg me last wan. The - at Bupkin hqm Duchess of York was at first de- In the Chap?! . , 11 d R (.th termined that no particular at- Palace' She t.1aVe e n01 tention should be paid to they for the first time to her an- prmcess and. 1,” any oma,-Child, cient heritage Of Scotland. she was taken in her pram inloi Glamis Castle is a noble the Park Bill the 9909”: Wouldi

, . not have it. In a few weeks suchl

keel-l' g1OOmy' lofty and 195' a large crowd was regularly wait- plendent with barbaric liis- mg at the gate mm Hyde park iory. There Macbeth receiv- that the Duchess had to decree Pd his thanes, the”, me an, that the baby should take her

, . , airing in the private garden only. "Will? l1l9S311lf:1 of Rob 91 t Before the Princess was three Bruce ay it .

she had herself gone on a little Ciomfoi-table Home

journey with the eyes of the own- try upon her. She travelled with 10 ml and remains. the home of her grandfather, the King, who the Earls of Strathmore and it went in conralesce at Bognor af- had bee-x converted by the present tcr his attack of pneumonia. Queen's grandfather llllo e. fine There the Km: and the toddlms ma comic,--Labia Cgurjfy residence little girl strolled hand in hand by the addmon 01 0 rngdgrn xx-mg, for a brief weeks in the troubled it. was there that the Princess life 01 m0I1HICh)1 spent the first summer of her Sm" Am":

babyhood. Even the QUGNVS YOURS W9 The greatest events in a child's the advent of brothers

spans quite Pl, distance in Britain's life are rapidly changing Social history. and sisters. The PrincessEliza.beth These were the 1920s which are was soon eager to see the baby now a far-off and almost histori- sister, Margaret, who was born at cal era shot with the scarlet and Glamis Castle. The Duke of York 80161 01 luxury and DTlVll9B9r-Bl-ywas now, more than ever, it fam- though the fabric was wearing0ily men. A problem was discuwed threadbare. in the Royal Family -- where The Duke of York, as the King's should the Duke of York and his second son, was perhaps able to family make their home? It may lead more nearly the kind oi life seem to the public that the .;1-mice

naval association), who 24. The ni;ci-ophone is n forbid- lamr becnme King as wlmam I-V0 ding and alarming instrument; Tm, MUSE use” was not axe”- mm! lll"”l”e” M" We Wu”-3 sively large by palace standards. Pl'lnCP&S--nllhfllllth a very self- Yet it was wmciem to provme assured child-would come through me Princess and her husband mm W9 ””l”l- a fine suite of private apart-

But her voice was remarkable; mems in addition ,0 the Mme all those who heard that brief apartrhenls on the ground noon bmziticiist, must remember the vine house. howeven required 6 clear, firm, resonant. tone in which gm” deal of Enemlon and the 5h? 5P0ke- Princess devoted much of her

The bmadcast W35 more man A time, even before she moved into revelation of character; it was a 10 m May, 1949, to its design ar- uniquely-modei'ii pointer of prom- nmgemem and penecnom ' ise in the life of a future Queen.

VJ Day-the victory celebrations Clarence HWSE ll” "my me” found her at Buckingham Palace. Ocwpled by ml" fammes 5m” it Yet all the excitement and gaiety W” bum "M much mo” mlm of the milling crowd outside the 100 -Yeats 339- The mm was um" Palace-into which the Princess 01 wlmam IV; thlhsecond W” insisted on mingling-did not amuhu Duke M, Emfburgm me quite conceal from her the future 50” M Queen vlcwrai the thlrd of lllFl'PClSlll5Z responsibilities that "5 P””Ce,A”h"r of C0”m"3m- 100,090 ahead who lived in the Mail for many

On her lllth birthday the Prin- SW5? '"?d,, '3" lmlnh l5 the cess had officially come of age, Edmburgns 01 9” C133" bias 2:: :a.::;2.: of Regency. iii the absence of her Bugumfoxe they could start pug- laill" ting their home in order the

Peace brought duties. The Prin- young coupie md 14-, plan their cess began to employ a small weddmg. July was buy with in. private secretarial staff of her ma,zion.s. Tn August the Royal own to look after her engagements. Fmmiy retired to 331mm-31 and She continued to live in Buck- the world was delighted to gee lnsham P511368 With 8 SPBCIEH the young Duke also going north suite of rooms set aside for her. for 5. bneil stay, The November Among the dU””5 01 Wlulhlhll wedding was a fine affair. It was D9309 WEN many flam0T0US lHVl- perhaps the happiest celebration l'3?l0n5 Y”? the R0.Val family to London had seen for a generation. visit each and every one of their The atmosphere was one of spon- Dominions. taneity and gaiety.

The King decided that he ivould The Princess returned to Send- go with the whole family to South ringham for Christmas with the Africa. It was more than a year. family. There, plans for putting however. and a rather bleakpost- Clarence House in order were

he liked than ever Could the of a. residence is never a problem Prince of Wales. The life the Duke of York chose as his ideal wast that of a quiet-living squire; his interests lay care of his estates and gardens.li and the pursuance of B. berievol-l ent. unassuming life as a family man.

He had married Lady Elizabeth! Bowea-Lyon. descended thrcughl an ancient. line iicm the kings of Scotland. And, under the influ- ence of his wife who was later ml be Queen, he adopted much of the air and the manner of a Scottish lalrd. Certainly the family life of the York household was very far from M.ayiair's glittering round.

Rather, their life. and so the life of the Princess, was tradit- ional and coriductediwith a sim- plicity that must have made the childhood of the Princess happy and well-regulated. The little girl was in the charge of a Scottish 'ian.ny-the same who had cared for her mother. Life in the nurs- ery was enlivened with delight at the arrival of ”Lilibet's" first pets) -two tmectionate Chows. l

Empire Era. ' e-e

The 19202:, as well as being the age of extravagant parties. was for Royalty. But. in fact. Roy- the era. when the Royal Family ally is very circumscribed. King became conscious of Britain's,George V possessed a number of overseas interests and needs. Un-lhouses and these he offered to his til King George V announced to sons. The Prince of Wales made everyone's consternation after his his home at Fort Belvedere. The coronation, that he would go to Duke of York and his Duchess New Delhi tiust built by Sir Ed- found Royal Lodge at Windsor ward Lutyensi for the Durbar, the suited their taste. monarchy had been amazingly in- The education of oular. But, after the first World might be a fitting subject for War. the world-wide connections argument between philosophers. of Britain, both within and out- Is it learning that makes a just side the Empire. (as it was still ruler? Or is it better that a ruler called) were paid ever-increasing should be unversed in scholarly attention by the Royal Family. arts in order to come to the task

The Prince of Wales set. out on of ruling with a clear judgment? his travels which were to give it could be long debated But, as him fame as the wandering far as the Princess was concerned, Prince of Empire. And when in it was soon clear that she was to 192'! the Commonwealth of Aus- become one of the best educated trails planned to inaugurate its and well-versed of little girls. first Parliament in the new cap- Until she was 11 her education

a Princess

QUEEN'S CDACHMEN

war year-before the Royal Pa.rty again discussed. The Edlnburghs had already inspected the house thoroughly. There was a great ' deal to be done and the Princess complained as much as any more humble person of the slowness with which her decorations were completed.

Different Designs

She and the Duke had different designers prepare plans for their . separate sitting-rooms. The final ' effect was something rather severe and intentionally naval in the Dukes room and a yielding and - relaxed enact in pastel colours in the Princess's own sitting-room.

Soon. however, news came that the Princess's engagements had been cancelled. The country hoped for an heir to the throne. That hope was realized on November 14. 1948, six months before the Edin- burghs moved into Clarence House And the bells told Britain that the Princess had a son. The baby Prince was given the name of Charles. There had not been ii Royal Charles since the rollicking r" Stuart who squired Nell Gwyrin. For a short time the Princess and her husband were allowed to live t.he life of any young couple with their first-born. But before long, Phillips naval duties called him to Malta where he was appointed

left Portsmouth aboard H.M.S lvanguard on February 1, 1947. But the year was very happy and auspicious for the Princess. She .. . ,, had met the young Prince Philip a'lJ1ltmI::ty t;:efr2;'::'3u' ,,FCl;;5" uI;:,l,”'I:; of Greece, (as he was knowni, in wag being groomed Ioraqme (gem- iher childhood; they were both,as mum of ms Own msme me children, at the wedding of Prince ,,Ma 08,, Wm h he mi 1 George and Princess Marina of VIm.gp195b That he wwfksh 97 " Greece During the war ycarstreugrenligl tn tm ma m'i”b"i0 Philip had been igvited to Buck- gus, the Pnngzs ifad gum? V”; mamm PM”? for several mo” Malta to spend the Chrlstznaa of leaves from his naval duties. But 1949 Mm M b h C it was not until he returned from due for ham"; 1!???” 9 Wun” Australia in l946 that the Prln- ' ca-is again met Prince Philip. Pr'1The naRionalljoyAat thelggrnth of Rumour soon decided that the HCESS N19 11 USU! W85 20-year-old Princess ms the 24. short-lived. It had beerhobvious year-old naval lieulen.ant-good- for some time that the na W85 looking and dashing-were ideally lflf lmm Well. 1-885 thin 51 Y9” matched. The son or prince An. after Britons had acclaimed his drew of Greece, Philip's grand- recovery from I Ierloua lee or- father, was Prince Louis of Bat- eratton. they were once again

ital at Canberra. Australia invited was normal and quite relaxed. But tenberg who had, himself, a dis- anxiously Watchlnl 3119 bllllellh the Duke of York, with the Duch- then, even at that tender age. the tlngulshed naval career and had boards outside Buoklnshnm Pal-

eu. to attend as his father's rep- cares of responsibility were sud- resentative. Whether the absence denly thrust on her by the abdi- 11 her puents for six months cation of her uncle, King Edward touched the consciousness of the VIII.

Infant Princess is not known. she Life Divided

t the ti e f her prents'

mg”, .m.0n;. 3,, Wm-ma my if, on her Coronation day. Queen with her Royal grandparents in Ellmbelh H l00l" nuokirighun Palace, and

stnthmores, at country home.

their

back on her than llfe,diihe will surely see that it Am a

divi as with th t unhi p d i l 5 mm her other grandparenllfnglllslrei September 19395 whenmwlir liloiirllcnznzement Bl” "'9 pexhwa ,0 was out. In that she 15 like 00 many was unmistakably radiant and ru-idaughm, and he, hudnnd mu

married Princess Alice, a grand- 369- A Cold the K1113 11341 caught daughter of Queen Victoria. so Early in 1951 developed ""0 hinti- Princess Elizabeth and her hus- OMB and A few month! 15"” he band are both descended from the underwent a lung operltlon. For great Queen. in short time he seemed to rally, and he insisted on carrying out a heavy programme of public ap- pearances. But it was a wan.tlred- looking man who walked on to the runway at London airport in January last year to watch his

No Announcement

The Royal party.le.ft for South without announcing ant Prlncessl

than Just as she was first sitting of her subjects. It we remember "W hall ” ”3h”Y ill” the "OM oil for a tour of East Africa and

up and expressing herself, that "mi ""3 PWICESS WE-9 only there began the very real and "he" the W" i , . , clear attachment between the 5”” W” 19 when li Pndedi We Wllllprtrtceltls gm b'"'hd”l'

prince” Enubem and hm. Emmi, have a better understanding oi

mother. Queen Mary Certainly h" me-

we can 0" all through hm. chndg other little girls of her generation M” '3 5"cF9”- The ml” "me prince” buns to have their schooling and their "1"" lralelllnl

hood the

taken out and walking hand in ""19 1" ""1 -ml lnushter cut W” ""t"”"'

hand with the tall, dlgnified.tcIll- ""0 by "" W”? t ed . ":11! Tililreen um Duchess of York W '0' the Princes!-

wuml, hund I0 . mmch 00 be For the Royal Family were un-

"Ind 00 won from me" "M" der strains that were even more

d.nhw.' when they returned. burdensome than those imposed plans had already been made for ”" "wk Wblecl-5' The King was terribly

than to move i to an that town .00” "ion. n Mofwn. um, worked with state business; !

Quite obviously. it was no bet- his legs. was

m.0,,lzagHneiit was announced. Parlia- chapter the merit gave its official sanction to Commonwealth. ,

13.Pamlly had decided to postpone Ausuaum began and mauthe announcement until after the

A few days later Prince Philip i 'Thc Royal visit to South Africa "wk M5 M” 10' A mlk m the

wmg, did u mean 00 was overwhelming and strenuous l"0"”d3 ” the hm” mm (or

me” them as a wedding present by the 10000 mu” 1" people of Kenya.

The Knun despite He told her what a shocked the already painful disarfectioii oi W07” ”l'"dV k”"”'-

determined to com- That same evening the girl who plate the whole program. His had arrived in the Colony a few Queen and his daughters tried to days before. laughing and IIY. than some of the burden from was flying home bereaved to her him. mourning family to face the In the summer of 1947 the en- Queenshlp and to cpen a new in the history of the

Some Highlights In The Life Of Queen Elizabeth

JUNE .1255

PRINCESS ELIZABETH as heir apparent in May 1937 tiller King George VI was crowned at Westminster. '

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HYOUNG PRICESS makes her first broadcast-- talking to the children of England about the war.

ON CANADIAN TOUR in western Canada Princess and her husband examine gilt Lrom Indian hibe-

TOUR OF RENYA finds Princess greeting Prince Bin Salim alter "he had been overcome by shyness.

ON HER 18TH BIRTHDAY in 1944 young Princess begins busy round of her first oiiicial duties.

GUEST OF PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN in Wash- ington as part of a three day tour oi United States.

AS QUEEN in October l952, Elizabeth ll in QQWN 7 of black and while satin attends Royal. film-l

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