Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
Introduction. Queen Elizabeth II was the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and the widow of King George VI. Born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon on August 4, 1900, she spent her childhood in St Paul’s Waldenbury, Hertfordshire. She became Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon when her father inherited his Earldom in 1904. The Bowes-Lyon family is descended from…