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Eugenie sure resembles her dad's side of the family!
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Of the Queen Mother impact in his life early on, William said: "My favourite photograph of us together is a picture of me aged about 9 or 10 helping the Queen Mother up the steps of Windsor Castle. I remember the moment because she said to me: "Keep doing that for people and you…
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The Queen Mother died 10 years ago - on 30 March 2002 - aged 101.
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Kelly was initially commissioned to paint the state portraits of George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1938. He started immediately and was nearly finished by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. The paintings were moved from his studio in London to Windsor Castle where Kelly spent the next five years completing his commission. Not only did the Castle provide a refuge for Kelly, the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose were sent to the safety of Windsor for the duration of the…
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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…
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The Queen Mother was well-known for her love of a cheeky tipple and even managed to escape her security before being found in a bar in 1977
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