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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Fascination


I have a fascination with Queen Elizabeth. I can't imagine living in the spotlight your  entire life. Here she is just a baby...

<3 the Duke of York with Princess Elizabeth

Princess Elizabeth 1931and here as a little girl. Can you imagine not growing up with the idea that you can be anything you want to be but instead...you will be the Queen of England?

And what about her sister Princess Margaret (on the left)
The Royal Family 1936  (Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth & Princess Margaret.)
Did she feel she lived in her sister's shadow?

Can you believe she trained as driver in 1945 during the war...
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) in 1945 in her ATS uniform during the war where she was trained as a driver. S)
From a uniform to the Princess
Queen Elizabeth when she was Princess Elizabeth
A young woman who displayed great independence...

Queen Elizabeth II


And so who does a potential Queen date? Well supposedly she met her man when she was only 13 years old and not without controversy (read more here) but she indeed married Prince Phillip in 1947
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, 1951The marriage produced children Charles in 1948 and Princess Anne in 1950
Queen Elizabeth




Queen ElizabethHere she is at the coronation in
1953






















and now add Queen to Wife and Mother and represent all of England.


She has met and been photographed with 12 U.S. Presidents over the years.


queen elizabeth herbert hoover Herbert Hoover 1957


princess-elizabeth-with-harry-s-truman-canadian-embassy-nov-1-1951 Harry Truman 1951


queen-elizabeth-dwight-d-eisenhower Dwight Eisenhower 1957



Queen_Elizabeth_and_Prince_Philip_host_Queen's_Dinner_for_President_john f and_jacqueline_kennedy JFK in1961

queen-elizabeth-richard-nixon-buckinghamshire-1970 Nixon in 1970

queen-elizabeth-gerald-ford-white-house-july-17-1976-washington Gerald For 1976


queen elizabeth jimmy carter Jimmy Carter 1977


Queen_Elizabeth_toast_and_Reagan Ronald Reagan 1983 (at a roast)
queen-elizabeth-george-hw-bush-baltimore-baseball-game-may-15-1991-washington HW Bush 1971

queen elizabeth bill clinton Clinton 1994


queen-elizabeth-george-w-bush-windsor-castle-england-june-15-2008 George W. Bush 2007

queen elizabeth barack obama toast cheers Obama 2011

A lady through and through, I love her smile.
Queen ElizabethQueen Elizabeth II  walks with a guide in the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, as part of a five-day state visit to the Gulf...This picture was taken on her 88th birthday...


and this photo was taken just this past April....

Queen Elizabeth II sits with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as she delivers her speech during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster, 04.06.2014 in London, England.
 Queen Elizabeth II sits with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as she delivers her speech during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster, 04.06.2014 in London, England.
 
This woman is amazing so you can't blame me for posting this one last picture...
 
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          Go Queen Elizabeth !
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4 comments:

Judy S. said...

I remember getting out of school so we could watch the coronation on tv, a really big deal back then in the early days of tv-watching,and in black and white, of course.

Granny Annie said...

My first name is Elizabeth and I was named after my mother but always pretended I was named after Queen Elizabeth:)

Nancy said...

She is an amazing woman!

Lady Di Tn said...

No choice but she handles it queenly. I love the coronation picture. So elegant. Peace