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Article: 50 Golden Years: THE EARLY DAYS - The woman who would be Queen 50 GOLDEN YEARS.(Features)
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2002
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Byline: ANNE HASTINGS
THE gaunt face of George VI as he waved his elder daughter and husband farewell at the start of their 1952 Australian and New Zealand tour shocked the nation.
He cut a haggard and tired figure but, nearing death from lung cancer, had sworn Queen Elizabeth - now the Queen Mother - to secrecy.
Lillibet, as he called his beloved elder child, was not to be upset in these early days of marriage and motherhood. 'Let her be happy for as long as possible,' he is said to have told a close friend.
These were the days before ...