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‘horses’ every night in their bedrooms - not real ones, of course! Elizabeth liked
to ‘drive’ her horses when she was sitting up in bed.
Two things changed their lives. The first was the day that their father
became King George VI. The second was World War Two. King George was
crowned on 12 May 1937. He was already king, but the ceremony to crown him
was held later. It was on the same date that they planned to crown his older
brother, Edward. They had to hurry to get everything ready in time. They had to
change Edward’s picture on the cups and other presents, and make special
clothes for George and his wife. On the great day the little princesses wore long
dresses and silver shoes. Their grandmother, Queen Mary, wore a dress with
gold flowers, and they drove with her by horse and carriage to Westminster
Abbey for the ceremony. The family moved into Buckingham Palace, and
they spent time at the other royal houses and palaces.
At Windsor, the girls could be outside a lot of time; they rode horses and
exercised their dogs. Earlier, in 1933, Elizabeth was given her first Corgi - a
kind of dog that has short legs and light brown hair. Corgis are still Elizabeth’s
favourite dogs! Of course, the girls were growing up now. They could make
socks for soldiers too, and Elizabeth often had to meet important visitors. Her
parents wanted to prepare her for her job as a queen.
Elizabeth was thirteen when she first met Philip at Dartmouth, in Devon.
He was in the navy there, and he was six years older than her. At that time, he
was a young man, and she was still a schoolgirl. But later, they fell in love, and
in the summer of 1946 they agreed to marry. Her father asked her to keep the
agreement secret for a year, until she was twenty-one. Philip’s family was poor,
but royal. They came from the Greek royal family, but they also had relatives in
the Danish, British and Russian royal families! Philip and Elizabeth got married
in Westminster Abbey in November 1947. For the nation, it was a very
romantic and magical wedding - the handsome, popular young prince and the
serious, sweet princess. The newspapers were full of stories about the young
Queen. But they also had a few stories about her sister, Margaret. When
Elizabeth was crowned in Westminster Abbey, people noticed that Princess
Margaret was very friendly with an older man, Peter Townsend. Peter was
already married, but later he divorced his wife. Again, this was a problem for
the royal family. Margaret was in a very difficult position. Peter wanted to
marry her, but in the end Margaret decided to refuse him and to keep her place
in the royal family. Old rules and modern love were making serious problems
for the royal family. And it was not the first or the last fight in the family
between love and duty.
In 1948 and 1950 Elizabeth had her first two children: a son, Charles, and
a daughter, Anne. Life for the royal family continued without any serious
problems while Prince Charles and Princess Anne were growing up. In 1960
and 1964 she had two more children - Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. The
Queen often had to travel abroad, and Prince Philip often went with her. Their
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