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Family Life
The Queen grew up in a close-knit and highly protected family - always referred to by King George VI as "us four".
She met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece, when she was just 13 years old, married him aged 21. In a speech marking their 50th anniversary she said "he has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years"...
The Queen is a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. As she gathers with the successive generations of her family on the Buckingham Palace balcony to greet the crowds she looks every inch the matriarch...
Mother-in-law
The Queen has shown genuine affection towards her children-in-law as well as providing them with inspiration and guidance.
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Grandmother
The Queen dotes on her grandchildren and, more recently great-grandchildren, and rejoices in their independent spirits...
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