The Queen Mum, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the first non-royal to marry an English monarch in 400 years. She took on the unexpected mantle of Queen when her brother in law abdicated amid scandal and was a national symbol of strength in WWII. As Queen mother she bolstered the reign of her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: By The Light of the Silvery Moon by E's Jammy Jams #womenshistory #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.5	Hello and welcome to history tea time. I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm spilling the tea on history.
1:12.4	The Queen Mom has been coming up a lot for me lately. While researching my recent episodes about the coronation, I looked a lot at the events and footage of the coronation in 1937. Elizabeth Bowes Lion, the wife of George the 6th and
1:19.3	mother of Queen Elizabeth II, was the last Queen Consort to be crowned in a joint coronation.
1:25.3	86 years later, Camilla's crowning followed that of Elizabeth's fairly closely.
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