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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

4th August 1900 - 30th March 2002

Born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon in 1900, she became the Duchess of York in 1923 after marrying Prince Albert. Elizabeth and Albert had two daughter, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Following her brother-in-laws abdication in 1936 she became Queen Consort. After her husband, George VI's death, she became known as the Queen Mum and lived until 2002, aged 101.

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
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