Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon were cousins of Queen Elizabeth II, but their lives were very different from most British royals. Both born with severe developmental disabilities, the sisters never ...

What was the Queen Mother's name? Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the Queen Mother's given name. She became Queen Elizabeth after her husband's brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated the ...

The Queen Mother was then the nine-year-old Elizabeth Bowes Lyon when she noted in her diary the arrival of the first of the next generation of her clan in 1910. ‘I had my first nevew [sic ...

Diamond Hardinge, the Hon. Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, the Hon. Mary Elizabeth Elphinstone and Miss Betty Cator. The wedding dress was made by Madame Handley-Seymour, dressmaker to her future mother-in-law, ...

were the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon – the brother of the Queen Mother – and his wife, Fenella. The ties to the royal family mean they were first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Queen Mother was the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and the widow of King George VI. She was born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon on August 4, 1900, and was the fourth ...

Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon, 89, is the son of Sir David Bowes-Lyon whose eldest sister Lady Elizabeth was the Queen Mother, making him a first cousin of the monarch, 96. As a child, then Princess ...

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Queen Elizabeth II (Self)Christina Quinn (Self)Josephine Russell (Self)Betty Yullah (Self) Kimo Li The Queen Mother was one of the royal family's most famous members and helped stabilise the ...

Princess Elizabeth of York photographed with her mother in ... The future Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 18th birthday with her parents King George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, at Windsor Castle ...