The card atop her mother’s coffin spoke simply but eloquently of the Queen’s grief. It said: “In loving memory, Lilibet.”
The affection in which she was held by the public had helped to sustain support for the monarchy throughout the turbulent 90s, when the activities of the younger royals threatened its future.
Queen Elizabeth II , the Duke of Edinburgh , Princess Margaret and her partner RAF Group Captain Peter Townsend , in the Royal Box at Royal Ascot races in June 1952. She ended by saying: “I thank you for the support you are giving me and my family as we come to terms with her death and the void she has left in our midst. I thank you also from my heart for the love you gave her during her life and the honour you now give her in death.”
The King’s lessons defined the Queen’s approach to her whole life. And if she ever faltered, the Queen Mother did not hesitate to remind her of them. But remembrance of the King lingered in the most private and personal details of the lives of the Queen Mother and her daughters. To the end, the Queen called her mother “Mummy”, just as she had in childhood.
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