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Profile of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Written by Scott   
Saturday, 27 February 2010 03:56
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother


Full Name: Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon

Titles: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Born: 4 August 1900, Hertfordshire

Parents: Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck

Married: 26 April 1923 to HRH Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) at Westminster Abbey, London

Died: 30 March 2002 at Royal Lodge, Windsor

Children:
- Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (1926)
- Margaret Rose (1930-2002)

British Honours:
Lady, Order of the Garter - 1936
Lady, Order of the Thistle - 1937
Companion, Order of the Crown of India
Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order - 1937
Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire
Member, Royal Red Cross - 1936
Dame Grand Cross, Order of St. John - 1926
Royal Victorian Chain - 1937
Family Order of King George V
Family Order of King George VI
Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II

Links:

British Monarchy: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Unofficial Royalty: In Memoriam: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002)

Wikipedia: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:31