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Article: Idyllic childhood laid foundations for a love of life.(Features)
- Article from:
- South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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Byline: Sarah Manners
With her nine brothers and sisters, adoring and progressive parents and beautiful ancestral family homes, the young Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon had one of the best starts in life.
But when her beloved brother Fergus died in the trenches during World War I, a new side to her personality emerged and she developed a quiet strength and sense of compassion, which formed the bedrock of her popularity throughout the rest of her long life. And when the then Duke of York - the future King George VI - begged her to marry him for the third time, she ...
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