From the First World War to Brexit, passing through Winston Churchill, Diana and Donald Trump: we can say that she has known it all. On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96. As confirmed by Buckingham Palace, …
Rigor, constancy, dignity, dedication… So many qualifiers that generally accompany the name of Elizabeth II. Since ascending the throne in 1952, the queen and her legendary phlegm have offered the English monarchy a stable reign, with some family turmoil. However, when he was born on April 21, 1926, it was not his destiny since his father Prince Albert was only the second son of King George V. His life took a completely different turn when his uncle Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, a divorced American. Schooled at home with her sister Margaret, four years her junior, the future Queen of England learned history, literature, music, but also French, thanks to several governesses.
During the First World War, Elizabeth and her sister left London to avoid aerial bombardment: with the Queen Mother, they lived first at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, then at Sandringham, in Norfolk, before settling in the castle. of Windsor. It is anonymously, accompanied by Margaret, that she celebrates the end of the conflict in the streets of London. She then made her first royal tour with her parents in South Africa in 1949.