Post by Administrator on Apr 23, 2020 3:46:41 GMT
April 21, 1926
Princess Elizabeth
Just six months after her thirteenth birthday, the world went to war. This determined teenager threw herself into the war effort and over her father’s objections, she even joined the armed forces and trained as a mechanic.
When war was declared on September 3, 1939, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth and her nine-year-old sister Margaret Rose were in Scotland with their parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The King and Queen rushed off to Buckingham Palace in London, where they spent the remainder of the war.
Many British parents sent their children to another country. The royal couple considered sending the princesses to Canada for their own safety, but their mother famously said: “The children could not go without me, and I could not possibly leave the King, and the King will never leave.” So that was that.
Happy Birthday your majesty:
'Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets'
To our Patron and Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ma’am” from all us here at the Honourable Company of Master Mariners ⚓️
Honourable Company of Master Mariners
Princess Elizabeth
Just six months after her thirteenth birthday, the world went to war. This determined teenager threw herself into the war effort and over her father’s objections, she even joined the armed forces and trained as a mechanic.
When war was declared on September 3, 1939, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth and her nine-year-old sister Margaret Rose were in Scotland with their parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The King and Queen rushed off to Buckingham Palace in London, where they spent the remainder of the war.
Many British parents sent their children to another country. The royal couple considered sending the princesses to Canada for their own safety, but their mother famously said: “The children could not go without me, and I could not possibly leave the King, and the King will never leave.” So that was that.
Happy Birthday your majesty:
'Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets'
To our Patron and Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ma’am” from all us here at the Honourable Company of Master Mariners ⚓️
Honourable Company of Master Mariners