It's not a title, it's an appellation.

The Queen Mum later gallantly quashed the rumor that he had to propose three times before she accepted. “Now look at me,” she said. “Do you think I am the sort of person Bertie would have to ask twice?

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—	People Magazine Obituary for the Queen Mother

George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth

(spoiler alert: Princess Elizabeth gets to be Queen too!)

The King and Queen meeting with a nurse during WWII.

Seven Deadly Sins 3/7

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother-Gluttony

Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony (Latin, gula) is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste.

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

August 4, 1900-March 30, 2002

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vintage-royalty:

C’mon Bertie; the newspaper is not that engrossing. Go play cards with your wife! She should not be playing solitaire when you’re sitting right there…

vintage-royalty:

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen’s mother, in a black dress

Scan from the official Coronation program.

vintage-royalty:

The Queen Mum as a young girl.

The new royal family. Seventy-six years ago today, they were dealing with a lot of unwanted changes in their living situation.

Bertie and Elizabeth, 1940’s.

… You don’t know what a difference it has made to me darling, in all ways. I think I must have always loved you darling but could never make you realise it without telling you actually that I did & thank God I told you at the right moment.

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—	The first letter from George VI to Queen Elizabeth after their engagement. January 25th, 1923. (via northernbriton) LSK: Dear bertie, do you know how much awesome you are? Infinity :’)

xlilibetandphilip:

royal-confessions:

[Post by Mary]

“I wonder how little princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) felt when she realized her father was then King and she was going to be Queen some day” — Submitted by iamnotfromthisplanet

She prayed for a brother, but, I think now as she looks back she’s happy she’s Queen and got to make a change and bring stability to us all after the year of the Three Kings, the Wars etc.

LSK: I wonder if Lilibet did have a brother….Everything would be totally different…