THE WAR YEARS

AT 14 ELIZABETH GAVE HER FIRST RADIO BROADCAST, TELLING THE CHILDREN OF BRITAIN “THAT IN THE END, ALL WILL BE WELL.” FOUR YEARS LATER, SHE DONNED AN ARMY UNIFORM AND BECAME AN EXPERT DRIVER AND MECHANIC

PRINCESS ELIZABETH


AFTER BRITAIN’S DECLARATION OF WAR on Sept. 3, 1939, Elizabeth and Margaret were sent to Windsor Castle, 22 miles west of London, where it was felt they would be protected from German air strikes. When the British cabinet advised their mother the Queen...

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