PRINCESS ELIZABETH

BORN WITH NO EXPECTATION OF BECOMING A MONARCH, SHE ENJOYED AN IDYLLIC CHILDHOOD OF ‘PICNICS AND PADDLING IN STREAMS.’ THAT ALL CHANGED IN 1936, WHEN HER UNCLE’S ABDICATION REDIRECTED HER FATE

PRINCESS ELIZABETH

CHRISTENING, 1926 In a silk gown dating to the early Victorian era and baptized with water from the River Jordan, the new princess (with parents Albert and Elizabeth) cried so much that she had to be doused with dill water.

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