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The Queen Mother as a child, c 1905 . Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon became the mother of Queen Elizabeth II. Illustration from The Connoisseur, August 1910.

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon developed a fondness for Private James Harding, a young soldier sent to recuperate at her family home, Glamis Castle, during the First World War.

This summer London's National Portrait Gallery has been hosting a small exhibit of portraits by Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937), who in 1907 took over the role of Britain's top society portraitist after John Singer Sargent proclaimed that he was fed up with all that. The de László Wikipedia entry is here and the artist's Web site is here. De László was born in the Pest side of Budapest and received training in Hungary, Munich and Paris. He led a cosmopolitan existence as he gained fame…

As the nation prepares for Prince Harry 's nuptials to Meghan Markle on May 19, the Daily Mail is counting down the days by reflecting on the best loved royal nuptials. In Thursday's paper we share the original Daily Mail reports on the wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on May 27, 1923.

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Excellent portrait of young Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the future Duchess of York & Queen Mother of England. (Photo by E. O. Hoppe/Mansell/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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With her huge, dramatic collars, ghostly pallor and flaming curls of red hair, Queen Elizabeth I’s image is etched in royal history. Trained from a young age to see power and strength in public image, she cultivated a persona that was both pure and powerful. Unwed and without children, she portrayed herself as the chase,...

Elizabeth Tudor is the princess of England, and the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She is portrayed by Irish actresses Kate Duggan in Season 2, Claire MacCauley in Season 3 and Laoise Murray in Season 4. She will eventually become Queen Elizabeth I and reign for 45 years, the last; but possibly greatest monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry loved his daughter, Elizabeth dearly; despite hoping she would be a son; but she only knew her mother for a short time because Anne was concerned…