Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon/Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 -- 30 March 2002) was the Queen consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952. After her husband's death, she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. She was the last Queen consort of Ireland and Empress consort of India.
Born into a family of Scottish nobility (her father inherited the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1904), she came to prominence in 1923 when she married Albert, Duke of York, the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. As Duchess of York, she embodied traditional ideas of family and public service.[She undertook a variety of public engagements, and became known as the "Smiling Duchess" because of her consistent public expression.
In 1936, her husband unexpectedly became King when her brother-in-law, Edward VIII, abdicated. During the war, her seemingly indomitable spirit provided moral support to the British public, and in recognition of her role as a propaganda tool, Adolf Hitler described her as "the most dangerous woman in Europe". After the war, her husband's health deteriorated and she was widowed at the age of 51 in 1952.
In her later years, she was a consistently popular member of the family, when other members were suffering from low levels of public approval. She continued an active public life until just a few months before her death at the age of 101, seven weeks after the death of her younger daughter, Princess Margaret.

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[periperigord]

Coined 'The most dangerous woman in Europe'.  I've often wondered why. Can anyone enlighten me, please?

[lostsplendour]

@periperigord Hilter referred to her as the most dangerous woman in Europe because she refused to leave during the London bombings and continued to visit the bombed out End End during WWII, inspiring the people to resist the blitz.

[cristopherleon21]

This is the most beautiful video I've ever seen

You did a very good job! also the music is fantastic, what is its name?

greetings from chile

[lostsplendour]

@cristopherleon21 Thanks. It's The Last Opera by Saint Preux.

[NuovoPiero]

Superb.

A Majestic homage for the Queen Consort who, with her devoted King Reigned Gloriously during Great Britain's Finest Hour.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

[mobstarr]

@lostsplendour ..beautiful job!!!

[ginsengsamurai]

She lived a long and glorious life. Beautiful video by the way. Thank you. ^_^

[wayniebee2003]

Beautifully done!!!!!!!!!

[miss19lolo]

Where can I have other songs like this please?

[omgsls]

this is a beautiful clip! Thanks for preparing this! She was such a lovely lady! love her so much!

[youtuuberoxx]

3:42 the King looks so sick...it's was just a few short weeks later that Elizabeth became Queen

[normalil]

Your texts are not on screen half long enough. Otherwise a touching tribute to the Queen Mother.

[maccagenius]

So pretty and charming

[miss19lolo]

She had a beautiful and charming smile.

[MsOneiroi77]

@bowes1975 me too my mothers a bowes