Queen Mother Dies at 101: Britain's Beloved Matriarch
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was 101 when she died in March 2002. She had outlived her husband King George VI by fifty years, had buried a grandchild, and had watched the monarchy she'd helped stabilize through World War II navigate one of its most difficult modern periods: the death of Diana. She stayed in London during the Blitz, refused to leave even when Buckingham Palace was bombed twice, and said she was glad it happened because she could 'look the East End in the face.' Born August 4, 1900, in London. She was originally a commoner — not born to royalty — who became perhaps the most beloved royal figure of the twentieth century. She died March 30, 2002, at Royal Lodge, Windsor. The queue to file past her coffin stretched for miles.
March 30, 2002
24 years ago
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