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	Royalty.nu - Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
		Elizabeth's exact birthplace is the subject of some dispute, but it is known that she was born in England and spent much of her childhood there.
		Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother died on March 30, 2002 at the age of 101.
		Royal Racing: The Queen and Queen Mother's Sporting Life by Sean Smith is about the abiding passion of Elizabeth II and her mother for horse racing.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Windsor/QueenMother.html (1717 words)

	Encyclopedia: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, born 21 April 1926), styled Her Majesty The Queen, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and...
		Elizabeth held the distinction of being the last surviving Queen of Ireland and Empress of India, the former fact marked by the presence of the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, at her funeral.
		The Queen Mother's coat of arms were the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom impaled with the arms of those of her father, Earl of Strathmore.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Elizabeth-Bowes_Lyon (10699 words)

	Elizabeth I of England - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Elizabeth at that time was also declared illegitimate and lost the title of princess, thereafter being addressed as Lady Elizabeth and living in exile from her father as he married his succession of wives.
		Elizabeth, however, did not give up her claim to the French Crown, which had been maintained since the reign of Edward III during the period of the Hundred Years' War in the fourteenth century, and was not renounced until the reign of George III during the nineteenth century.
		Elizabeth chose the last of option: Mary was kept confined for eighteen years, much of it in Sheffield Castle and Sheffield Manor in the custody of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, and his redoubtable wife Bess of Hardwick.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Elizabeth_I_of_England (3843 words)

	Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Queen Elizabeth (August 4, 1900 - March 30, 2002), born Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, was the Queen consort and wife of VI of the United Kingdom">King George VI and mother of II of the United Kingdom">Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.
		Queen Elizabeth died peacefully in her sleep at the Royal Lodge at Windsor, with II of the United Kingdom">the Queen at her bedside, on March 30, 2002, at around 3:15pm (GMT).
		On her death Queen Elizabeth held the distinction of being the last surviving Queen of Ireland and Empress of India, the former fact marked by the presence of the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, at her funeral.
	www.termsdefined.net /el/elizabeth-bowes-lyon.html (1450 words)

	TIME Europe \| TIME Trail: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As Queen Consort to King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother's story is that of the traditional monarchy in the modern age.
		Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was born on August 4, 1900, the ninth child of the Earl of Strathmore.
		Elizabeth's response to the crisis was to promise, "We'll do the best we can." But she saw the desertion of duty on the part of Edward VIII as unforgivable (TIME, May 17, 1937).
	www.time.com /time/europe/timetrails/queenmother (811 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
		Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born at St Paul's Waldenbury, the Hertfordshire house of her parents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
		Elizabeth was taught by a governess, mainly in domestic science, painting, dancing, the piano and French and German (as queen, she broadcast in French to occupied France).
		Elizabeth was unknown to press and public, but her popularity was established at speed.
	www.guardian.co.uk /queenmother/article/0,2763,676661,00.html (1187 words)

	Youth of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Royal Heritage Trust Library Shelf
		Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 4 August, 1900.
		David Sinclair in Queen and Country: The Life of Elizabeth the Queen Mother, tells us that Elizabeth was born into a happy, secure and close-knit family, the ninth of ten children born to the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
		The authors remark that after the war, her relaxed but traditional upbringing placed Elizabeth, as far as men were concerned, in the category of potential wives, as opposed to the flighty, bright young things of the twenties with whom they would be afraid of settling down.
	www.crht.ca /LibraryShelf/YouthofQueen%20Mother.html (641 words)

	Queen Elizabeth I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry VIII, King of England, and Anne Boleyn, was born in Greenwich Palace on 7 September 1533.
		She continued as queen to compose and converse in Latin, though in her speech to the University of Oxford in 1592 she says that in thirty-six years she scarcely remembers using Latin thirty times (ibid.
		Not surprisingly, poets honoured Elizabeth with compositions in Latin and Greek: Janus Dousa of the Netherlands, William Alabaster whose Latin epic on the queen was never completed (O’Connell, pp.
	www.thoemmes.com /encyclopedia/er1.htm (881 words)

	About Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother :: The Roosevelts and the Royals by Will Swift
		Elizabeth spent her time knitting, tending wounded soldiers and looking after her mother, who mourned one son who was killed in action and another who was a prisoner of war.
		Queen Elizabeth was crowned with her husband King George VI on May 12, 1937 and devoted herself to strengthening his self-confidence and restoring the wholesome reputation and popularity of the monarchy.
		The newly styled Queen Mother was devastated by her husband’s death and spent a year in deep mourning.
	willswift.com /queen_elizabeth.htm (920 words)

	In Memoriam: HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1900 - 2002, News
		In Memoriam: HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1900 - 2002, News
		Ceremonial for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
		The Archbishop of Canterbury's sermon at the funeral of The Queen Mother
	www.etoile.co.uk /IM/Qmum.html (2488 words)

	Biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - with a Scottish Flavour
		Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the ninth of ten brothers and sisters, was born on 4 August 1900, towards the end of the reign of Queen Victoria.
		Elizabeth became closest to her younger brother David (born 21 months after her) and they got up to many escapades, including pouring buckets of water from the battlements of Glamis onto "invaders" below.
		A touching reminder of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon's continuing connection with Glamis is in the small "Pet's Cemetery" in the grounds of the estate where the names of some of her pets are recorded.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamelizabeth.htm (533 words)

	TIME Europe \| TIME Trail - Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The cause of all the jubilation was the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who was reluctant for her husband to take the throne in the first place, but is, as the London Times declared, probably the most popular royal personage of all time.
		Elizabeth, ninth child of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, lived an unfettered life until she married Prince Albert, second son of King George V, and assumed the requisite endless public duties.
		Elizabeth's reaction when Buckingham Palace was first bombed: "I'm glad it happened-now I can look the East End in the eye." Despite direct hits on the palace, she would not hear of sending the two princesses abroad to safety.
	www.time.com /time/europe/timetrails/queenmother/qm800818.html (625 words)

	Royal Families - Queen Elizabeth
		Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother born August 4, 1900 is the mother of the present British sovereign and widow of the late King George VI.
		At birth she was the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (the Bowes-Lyon family is descended from the Royal House of Scotland and in fact the Queen Mother retains strong ties with Scotland, having purchased the Castle of Mey, Scotland in 1953; Glamis Castle in Scotland remains the family seat).
		Buckingham Palace was bombed in September 1940 but despite this and the danger she faced the Queen Mother continued to visit war damaged areas, hospitals, factories and the troops.
	www.uktravel.com /royal.asp (290 words)

	AllRefer.com - Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia (Czech And Slovak History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Elizabeth 1596–1662, queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I of England.
		Her beauty attracted most of the royal suitors of Europe (she was nicknamed the "Queen of Hearts"), but she was married (1613) to Frederick V, elector palatine (see Frederick the Winter King) in order to cement an alliance between English and German Protestantism.
		Among her children were Prince Rupert; Princess Elizabeth, who was the patroness of Descartes; and Sophia, who was electress of Hanover and mother of George I of England.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/ElizbetBoh.html (294 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Queen Mother dies
		The Queen Mother has died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 101, with her daughter at her bedside.
		The Queen Mother's coffin is expected to be moved to the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park on Sunday afternoon.
		Alongside the Queen is the Princess Royal, her husband Timothy Laurence and her two children Zara and Peter, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/uk/newsid_622000/622457.stm (740 words)

	Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		So, although the 100 year-old Queen Mother lives just down the road from Buckingham Palace, her Scottish roots are deep; The Bowes-Lyon family is descended from the Royal House of Scotland.
		The Queen Mother was born Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon on August 4, 1900.
		Today, the Queen Mum is one of the favorite royals, sometimes credited with keeping the family united during her grandchildren’s scandals.
	www.tartans.com /articles/famscots/queenmum.html (381 words)

	Memorial sites > HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
		Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday 30 March 2002, at Royal Lodge, Windsor.
		Queen Elizabeth was a much-loved member of the Royal Family.
		Her life, spanning over a century, was devoted to the service of her country, the fulfilment of her Royal duties and the support of her family.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page1011.asp (66 words)

	Articles by Dr. Will Swift, author of The Roosevelts and the Royals
		The adored youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, she was raised with a sense of utter security and love, which built the foundation for a strong sense of self.
		Her beautiful mother, Anna, who died when Eleanor was eight, called her "Granny" and told her, "You have no looks, see to it that you have manners." After her alcoholic father Elliott died when she was ten years old, her dour grandmother sent her to boarding school in London during her teenage years.
		The queen was hurt that the First Lady did not respond to her letters, and that the president was not providing strong military support.
	willswift.com /eleanor_elizabeth_i.htm (1353 words)

	Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1900-2002. Her Life and Times
		The Queen Mother told of how she and the King had actually seen the bomb fall, as they were only a matter of a hundred or so metres away.
		In the following 50 years, The Queen Mother undertook engagements both in the UK and overseas and even at the age of 101 was to be seen at a public engagement in Portsmouth aboard HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier, where she was greeted enthusiastically by the entire ship's company.
		Queen Mary, wife of George V said of her, "She is not one of these modern girls, thank Heaven!".
	www.thamesweb.co.uk /windsor/queen_mother/queen_mother.html (3627 words)

	Sunday Mirror (London, England) : Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: 1900-2002 - 1900-1904.(Features) @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon is born to Lord and Lady Glamis at St Paul's Walden Bury in Hertfordshire on August 4.
		Queen Victoria dies on January 22 aged 81 and her son takes the throne aged 59 as Edward VII.
		He is the grandfather of the Queen Mother's husband -to-be.
	static.highbeam.com /s/sundaymirrorlondonengland/march312002/queenelizabeththequeenmother1900200219001904featur/index.html (203 words)

	David, Elizabeth on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Capers, Bapst emerge champs ; The Cape Elizabeth boys and John Bapst girls build leads and hold on to capture state track titles.
		An excellent teacher and lover of literature: Elizabeth May Perkins O.A.M.(Obituary)
		Elizabeth Taylor à la fête de l'AmFAR l'an dernier Elton John, le prince Albert de Monaco, Sharon Stone, Ivana Trump, Mart.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DavidE1lz.asp (622 words)

	A Tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1900-2002. The Years 1900 to 1925. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Drawn from the British Library's Newspapers and its Sound Archive, these highlights from the early life of the Queen Mother from 1900 to 1952 are in the form of extracts and photographs from contemporary media.
		Among them, you can listen to the Queen Mother's own voice (when she was Queen Elizabeth) in an extract from her speech to the Women of Empire in 1939.
		"Lady Elizabeth's charming demure mannerisms, free from the taint of the stock-in-trade modernism, are due to the fact that her education was in the hands of that very gracious woman, her mother, the Countess of Strathmore.
	www.bl.uk /queenmother1.html (598 words)

	The Birmingham Post (England) : Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: Vivacious beauty who charmed a shy prince; Falling in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: Vivacious beauty who charmed a shy prince; Falling in love.
		Lady Elizabeth looked such a child in her thick powder-blue velvet costume trimmed with grey fur and a dainty blue velvet hat,' wrote the Daily Graphic in January, 1923.
		The occasion was the public announcement that Lady Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, was engaged to the Duke of York.
	static.highbeam.com /t/thebirminghampostengland/april012002/queenelizabeththequeenmothervivaciousbeautywhochar/index.html (282 words)

	Masterpiece Theatre \| Bertie and Elizabeth
		Bertie and Elizabeth charts one of the greatest love stories of the century: the love affair between Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, a beautiful fun-loving young woman from an aristocratic Scottish family and the Duke of York, a shy young man second in line to the throne.
		Their happy family life with daughters Elizabeth and Margaret contrasts sharply with the playboy lifestyle of the heir to the throne, Edward VIII, known as David.
		His daughter Elizabeth assumed the throne and his widow became the Queen Mother, the most enduringly popular member of the royal family.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/bertie/index.html (342 words)

	Anglican Communion News Service
		It was here that Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was married and became Duchess of York; it was here that she was crowned Queen; it was here that, as Queen Mother, she attended the Coronation of her daughter.
		The Queen Mother's strength as a person was expressed best through the remarkable quality of her dealings with people - her ability to make all human encounters, however fleeting, feel both special and personal.
		Something of it is reflected in the fact that for half a century we knew her and understood her as 'the Queen Mother'.
	www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/articles/29/25/acns2949.html (1029 words)

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