THE QUEEN MOTHER was in Buckingham Palace when it was bombed by the Luftwaffe during World War 2 and she had some strong words to describe the servants during that time.
In a letter to her mother-in-law Queen Mary, released to the public by the Palace in 2009, she wrote that the servants were “magnificent” and that everyone was “wonderfully calm”. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother is a national symbol of the Blitz spirit, as she and King George VI made the decision to stay in London despite the bombing. They often visited areas of the country, especially London, that had been badly affected by bombing.
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