Woman Of The Year: 1953-Queen Elizabeth II

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Term Paper Title	Woman Of The Year: 1953-Queen Elizabeth II
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Woman of the Year:  1953-Queen Elizabeth II

Woman of the Year:  1953-Queen Elizabeth II

     From the day  she was born, the life of Queen Elizabeth II shows that
she deserved to receive the title “Woman of the Year.”  She had practical
intelligence since she was a kid and she respected peoples opinions.
     Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926 at the London home of her
mother's parents, Lord and Lady Strathmore. She was baptized at Buckingham
Palace and  named Elizabeth Alexandra Mary five weeks later.
     Elizabeth's father was Albert, the Duke of York.  He was the second son
of  King   George V.  When his dad died in 1936, his brother was supposed to
become king but he resigned.  So he became king. Her mother was Lady Elizabeth
Bowes-Lyon.  She was a member of the Scottish aristocracy.  Her sister Margaret
Rose was born on August 21, 1930, when she was 4 years old in Glamis Castle.
Her grandparents were George V and Queen Mary, and Lord and Lady Strathmore.
     Elizabeth and her sister were homed schooled.  She was taught by Miss
Marion Crawford, a young Scottish woman.  At the age of 5, she usually woke up
at 6 a.m. and went out for riding lessons.  After that, they had lunch, lessons
in French, voice and piano.  In the afternoon she would play in the garden,
usually with her sister and Miss Crawford.  She became heiress to the throne at
the age of ten.  She had to learn court etiquette and diplomatic practice from
her grandmother, Queen Mary.  She studied the geography and history of the
Commonwealth countries and the U.S.  Elizabeth went to Eton College for private
lessons in law.  She was training for future duties.   Being a princess was not
easy.  She had to prepare for a hard life, never make mistakes, never look bored
and never be sick if possible.
     Elizabeth grew up at the families London home, a large Victorian House
on 145 Picadilly and at the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park.  When her dad
became King they moved to Buckingham Palace.  It was more like a museum than a
house.  Elizabeth spent their holidays with their grandparents on both sides.
When she spent it with the Strathmore it would sometimes be at the Glamis Castle.
It was a rugged, rambling old Scottish fortress.  “It looked like something out
of a child's adventure stories-paradise of echoing rooms, long passage and
mysterious stairways.” (Trease 1953, 231)  Elizabeth enjoyed exploring the
castle when she was young.  She was 13 when World War II occurred.  A year later
bombs s...

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