3 de dez. de 2023 · A: The Bowes-Lyon family has a captivating history deeply woven into the fabric of Scotland. They were an affluent aristocratic family with strong ties to Scottish nobility. Queen Elizabeth’s mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, was the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, linking Queen Elizabeth directly to this noble lineage.
1 de dez. de 2023 · After the First World War, she assumed the unofficial role of aristocratic matchmaker, helping to facilitate the marriage of her goddaughter Sonia Keppel and the Hon Roland Cubitt, as well as that of Prince Albert and the petite, pretty Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the future Queen Consort). In 1920, Albert had been made Duke of York.
2 de dez. de 2023 · The Strathmore Rose Tiara. The fabulous jewel had not been worn on a royal crest for public appearances since 1930. When the Queen Mother died in 2002, her daughter Queen Elizabeth II inherited the tiara. However, the jewel remained in the royal vault for decades. It has not been worn by a female royal since the 1930s.
2 de dez. de 2023 · Quando o rei George V morreu, o tio da rainha Elizabeth II, o rei Edward VIII, assumiu o trono, mas abdicou da função em menos de um ano, para viver sua paixão por Wallis Simpson, uma americana divorciada, o que para a sociedade da época foi um escândalo.
Há 4 dias · The Queen is a 2006 biographical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Peter Morgan.The film depicts the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. . The Royal Family regards Diana's death as a private affair and thus not to be treated as an official royal death, in contrast with the views of Prime Minister Tony Blair and Diana's ex-husband, Prince Charles, who favour the ...
1 de dez. de 2023 · When the Strathmore Rose Tiara was first given to the Queen Mother in 1923 in honor of her wedding, the aristocratic lady was known as Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon and wasn't even in line to become Queen Consort. However, her father, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, wasn't about to have his daughter head to the altar without a tiara.
2 de dez. de 2023 · Queen Alexandra presented this to her granddaughter, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as a wedding gift in 1923. A fitting gift, given the romantic heart-shaped amethyst pendant which sits in the centre of the romantic pearl and diamond necklace.