Days after Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth II would miss an event due to 'episodic mobility problems,' the 96-year-old attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
, she spent her early childhood years at the London house 145 Piccadilly and at White Lodge in Richmond Park. Her parents also had the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park as a country home.
"Thousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers," she said in her speech for the Children's Hour Broadcast."My sister Margaret Rose and I feel so much for you as we know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all.
"I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong," she said in 1947."But I shall not have strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me, as I now invite you to do: I know that your support will be unfailingly given. God help me to make good my vow, and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it.
18. During the ceremony, St. Edwards's Crown was placed upon Her Majesty's head. The crown, which is made of solid gold and encrusted with 440 precious and semiprecious stones, weighs 4 pounds and 12 ounces. Thankfully, this is the only time she's had to wear it.
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