Royal biographer Jane Ridley reveals that the Queen Mother 'did not want to be Queen' and was 'terrified' at the thought of becoming monarch.
The Duke of York later known as King George VI had made two “unsuccessful bids” for Lady Elizabeth’s hand, the first in the spring of 1921, and the second soon after Princess Mary’s wedding in 1922. The final proposal in January 1923 was accepted. Mr Vickers claims in his book “Elizabeth: The Queen Mother” that “we know from Helen Hardinge that it took the Duke ‘years of persistent courtship' and repeated proposals before Elizabeth ‘finally accepted him’”.
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