Hi! This blog is about The British Royal Family from around 1920, onwards. Will mainly focus on 'We four' but shall include various things on other members, past and present.Ask Me
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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary.
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When the King & Queen danced with students...
In 1945 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth visited Imperial College to commemorate the centenary of the Royal College of Science. The King gave a memorable speech that was extremely well received by the students. And then, quite unplanned, they made an appearance at the College’s Centenary Ball in the Albert Hall. Here's what happened...
"There came a moment when six of us girls found ourselves talking to the Royal couple on our own. We knew that the King and Queen loved ballroom dancing and I said “would your majesties like to join us?” and she looked at him with a sparkle in her eye and said “It would be fun wouldn’t it!” On that spontaneous invitation they came with us – out of the back door of the room and across to the Albert Hall! " --- Gwyneth Rankin (BSc ARCS Botany 1944)
"By pure chance we found ourselves dancing on a sparsely populated promenade arena when the King and Queen appeared in the stalls immediately above us. I retain the vivid image of a smiling King then turning to the Queen, proffering his hand in an invitation to dance [❤️!!] and how they began to dance, with not a single security person in attendance, in a close proximity to a few couples – including ourselves." --- Manfred Kosten (Mining Geology 1949)
On the King's remarks that day...
"...We students were all standing in the centre of the hall and we showed the then normal sign of student approval at appropriate times, by stamping noisily on the floor. This interrupted his speech, but noticed that he started laughing and became visibly more relaxed and a rapport developed. Some days later, we heard that the College authorities had intended to give us a major dressing down for this but had been snookered by a personal message form the King, saying that he had not enjoyed an evening so much for some time! " --- Alan Burdett (Mechanical Engineering 1950)
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Some thoughts....
I wish there were photos or film of Bertie & Elizabeth dancing - I long to see them do so! It is often repeated that they were both elegant and accomplished dancers.
Bertie seemed to particularly enjoy interacting with young people. I think they appealed to the lighter, boyish part of his character. What a keeper, he was!
Listen to the whole speech the King made that day here. Foot stamping and all!
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Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, 1923.
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Happy Mother’s Day.
#the queen mother#princess margaret#elizabeth bowes lyon#queen elizabeth the queen mother#british royal family#queen elizabeth ii
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Here's something just a little fun for Valentine's Day -- The King & Queen being just a normal couple trying to figure out what they are supposed to do with this trophy presentation. 🥰 (sound on! 🔊)
Oh Bertie & Elizabeth! You silly things! ❤️❤️
Source video: King Presents Trophy To 604 Squadron Of RAF At Buckingham Palace (1950)
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Queen Elizabeth dances with her daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret and their governess, Marion Crawford, aboard the royal yacht
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“Margaret Rose came up to me today, & after looking at me very affectionately, & giving me a sweet kiss said, ‘Mummy darling, I really do believe that I love Papa much more than I do you’! I felt very small!”
Princess Margaret. 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002.
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BBC Announcement of the Death of King George VI (February 6, 1952)
This is London. It is with the greatest sorrow that we make the following announcement. It was announced from Sandringham, at 10:45 today, February the 6th, 1952, that the King, who retired to rest last night in his usual health, passed peacefully away in his sleep, earlier this morning.
The BBC offers profound sympathy to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family.
The BBC is now closing down for the rest of the day, except for the advertised news bulletins and summaries, shipping forecasts and gale warnings. Further announcements will be made at 11:45, 12:00 and 12:15pm.
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“Queen Elizabeth and the King were always together. I remember one Easter, I was just knocking a ball about the golf course when I spotted them walking quietly together, totally at ease. There was a terrific sweetness about them. He had an elegance - an elegance of mind. After he died, there was a huge gap. It was a terrible loss and it was never quite the same again.”
Sir Oliver Millar, GCVO, Surveyor Emeritus of the Queen’s Pictures and member of the royal household for 41 years
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#the queen mother#elizabeth bowes lyon#queen elizabeth the queen mother#british royal family#princess margaret
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KING GEORGE VI with his grandson PRINCE CHARLES, November 1951
In some regards, his guiding light is not so much his late mother as his grandfather. One close friend of the family says that, shortly after his accession, she was offering her condolences to the new monarch and assured him that both his mother and the Queen Mother would be ‘looking after’ him from somewhere up on high. ‘That’s very kind of you,’ he replied, ‘but the person whose hand I feel on my shoulder is the King.’
- Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story by Robert Hardman
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What is your favorite anecdote about Bertie and Elizabeth?
Hi anon,
Here’s a cute one.
“Elizabeth was so sweet this afternoon trying to show P.B. his sitting room. He became absorbed in some jungle prints along the passage and would not come. The corners of her mouth went down after the third attempt & putting both hands on his shoulders she said angelically: 'Bertie do listen to me.' He kissed her and came at once.”
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King George VI in a merry mood during a meeting with Trade Union leaders at Buckingham Palace, November 26, 1940.
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Princess Elizabeth (center) with officers of the ATS Training Centre, 1945.
and a couple of doggos
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Do you perhaps know when the Princess Royal and Sir Tim Laurence got engaged
I’m not quite sure…possibly 1992.
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The Duke of York (later George VI) at his boys’ camp in Southwold, August 1932.
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What's your favorite photo/Gif of H.M. George VI?
Hi! :)
You’ve had me scrolling through my blog (all 12 years of it) and it’s so hard to choose! Heres two of my favourites…there’s also lots of him with Queen Elizabeth that I adore.
As for GIF’s, there was a number of blogs that were my go to for Bertie footage, but sadly most have deactivated now so they’re hard to find. Any footage from home movies is great, as they show him unguarded/ having fun with family.
There’s a documentary on YouTube called ‘Elizabeth at 90, a family tribute’ which has some lovely footage, as well as ‘Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen’ which was shown not too long ago. A lot of Gifs are taken from these documentaries, as well as old news reels.
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