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I'll polish it off myself. - Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
" "I'll polish it off myself.
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About Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (August 4, 1900 – March 30, 2002), or Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and colloquially known as The Queen Mum, was Queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom (1936–1952) and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and grandmother of Charles III.
Also Known As
Native Name:
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Alternative Names:
The Queen Mother
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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon
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Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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The Queen Mum
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Queen Elizabeth
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Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon
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Elizabeth, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom
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Queen-Empress Elizabeth
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Elizabeth, Duchess of York
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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, Duchess of York
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Hon. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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Hon. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon
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Queen Elizabeth Angela Marguerite
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Queen Elizabeth: I thought the girls . . . you see, they were marooned in Windsor Castle for most of the war, and I was not sure that they were having a very good education and kind Sachie and Osbert [Sitwell] said they would arrange a poetry evening for us. Such an embarrassment. Osbert was wonderful, as you would expect, and Edith, of course, but then we had this rather lugubrious man in a suit, and he read a poem . . . I think it was called "The Desert". And first the girls got the giggles, and then I did and then even the King.
Self: "The Desert", ma'am? Are you sure it wasn't called "The Waste Land?
Queen Elizabeth: That's it. I'm afraid we all giggled. Such a gloomy man, looked as though he worked in a bank, and we didn't understand a word.
Self: I believe he did once work in a bank.
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