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Elizabeth the Queen
Elizabeth the Queen: The Woman Behind the Throne | Sally Bedell Smith
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An intimate portrait of Her Majesty the Queen As we celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, this brand new biography of Queen Elizabeth II is the first all-round, up-close picture of one of the most fascinating, enigmatic and admired women in the world. With exclusive access to the Queen's personal letters, close friends and associates, this intimate biography is a treasure trove of fresh insights on her public persona and her private life. Here we see Queen Elizabeth going about her daily duties, preparing for formal occasions, playing with her children at the Palace, crawling on her stomach to stalk deer, donning yellow Marigolds to wash up after Balmoral cookouts, and even changing a car wheel. Here we, at last, get to meet the leader, strategist, and diplomat; the daughter, wife, mother and grandmother - Elizabeth the Queen.
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Roses 🌹 from my hubby!! I‘ve always been intrigued by the Queen 👸

#Jewelry
#LuckyinLove

❤️🌹❤️ 👑 👸

AmyG Awwww ❤️ 9mo
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Amiable
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Up super early today to catch a flight to Florida for a destination wedding. So of course the first thing I did was open my #fallingforfallswap package from @TheBookHippie . Thanks so much, Christine! What a fabulous treat. I can‘t wait to dive into everything when we get back on Sunday!

monalyisha The socks look lovely! Enjoy your trip. 🌴 2y
Avanders ♥️🍁♥️🍂♥️ 2y
AmyG Beautiful socks! 2y
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TheBookHippie Oh yay!!!! I‘m so glad you like it all! Unreal I sent all that before The Queen passed. Enjoy your trip!!!! 2y
Amiable @TheBookHippie That was my thought, too —you picked all this out before the Queen died! Kind of surreal. Thanks so much! 2y
LeahBergen Those socks! 2y
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Lizpixie
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God Save The Queen. Rest In Peace your majesty, it was an honour growing up with your name. May you join your family now & rest.👑💔

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Lizpixie
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My heart is heavy this morning after waking to the news that the only monarch I‘ve ever known has finally gone to join her beloved Phillip, her parents & sister. From her first moments as Queen after the death of her father 70yrs ago till her swearing in her 15th PM 48hrs ago, her life WAS her service to her country, her commonwealth & her people. We will never see her like again. Rest In Peace Your Majesty🇬🇧💔

Suet624 I'm so sorry. 2y
marleed I‘m am so sorry for Great Britain. I can‘t imagine how hard this is. God save your King. (edited) 2y
Andrew65 So very surreal and unbearably sad, to think the bottom right picture was only 2 days ago. As I say a very surreal day. 2y
LeahBergen I know!! 🇨🇦😭😭😭 2y
Dragon 😢💚🐉 2y
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MrsK
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😥💔

LeahBergen 😭😭 2y
Dragon 😢💚🐉 2y
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Lizpixie
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In honour of Queen Lizzy‘s Platinum Jubilee, I‘m attempting to read this chunkster of a biography of her life up till 2011 which is when it was published I believe. If only I had my own real corgi again to take pictures with!(I miss you Mitzi & Suzi😢)Not sure how long my broken brain will go before it packs it in in protest, but I‘m giving it my all. Happy Jubilee Ma‘am👸🏻🐎🐶🇬🇧

Cinfhen Gorgeous book cover 😍 2y
Hooked_on_books I love your royal corgi! 2y
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Sophronisba
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Britain's Reading Agency and BBC Arts teamed up to create a list of books in honor of the Queen's seventieth year on the throne, and no matter how you may feel about the British monarchy, you could do worse than spend the next several months reading this excellent and admirably diverse list of books.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Ynpj933DJ2YG5nsMS6fn8k/a-literary-cel...

Sophronisba I would've used a different Margaret Atwood (aren't we all tired of Gilead by now?) and swapped a Terry Pratchett in for the Douglas Adams but other than that I find it hard to complain about this list. 3y
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Wife
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What a privileged, but stifling existence. Can you imagine never expressing an opinion publicly? The mystique is maintained. I do admire Queen Elizabeth II, but I find Prince Charles a much more intriguing person for all his opinions and flaws. If I could have tea with a member of the Royal Family, I would still choose the Queen. Who would you choose? 3/5 ☕️s

Susanita I would choose the Queen because she reminds me of my grandmother. 3y
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Wife
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Major faux pas at the White House in 1976! “The Lady is a Tramp” was the song played for Queen Elizabeth‘s dance with President Gerald Ford!
I think that is hilarious 😂🤣😂!

EvieBee LOL!! 3y
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sdbruening
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Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith
Edgar Allan Poe
Ever After, A Cinderella Story
Ella Fitzgerald
#LetterE
Every Night by Imagine Dragons

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dylanisreading
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I‘ve been reading this and Book of Ages while recovering from a dumb summer cold. My husband has been taking good care of me. (Btw, did I mention we eloped last month? I‘m officially a wife. 😂🤘)

#nonfiction

Megabooks Congratulations!! 🥳🎉🍾 5y
ScientistSam Congrats!🎆 5y
Worldforreading Congrats 🎉😊 5y
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TrishB Lol 😁 congrats 🎉🎉 5y
Jillylovesbooks Congratulations! 🎉🍾🎉 5y
Cortg Congratulations AND I hope you feel better soon!
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mabell Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉 5y
Lreads Congratulations! 🎉❤️ I hope you feel better soon! 5y
Bookzombie Congratulations!!! 5y
xxjenadanxx Congratulations!! I love your Kindle case! 5y
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MallenNC
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I read a lot of books set in the #UnitedKingdom including royal books. Here‘s just one part! #LetsTravelAugust

Eggs What a nice royalty collection!! 5y
OriginalCyn620 Awesome! ❤️🇬🇧 5y
MallenNC @Eggs Thank you! I have another shelf of earlier royals. 5y
MallenNC @Eggs I have! I liked it. 5y
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I really enjoyed learning more about Queen Elizabeth the second. She is inspiring and has led such an interesting life. I was inspired and truly fascinated about certain details of her life

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ReadingSusan
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It only took me nine months to read this tome🤣 This was a great biography of Queen Elizabeth. Packed with detail it tells the story of her monarchy up to 2012. I did find the author taking a distinctive pro royal slant and dissing people like Diana. Which I thought was unusual for an American but she probably doesn‘t want to lose access. Other than that I really enjoyed this book.

rubyslippersreads A cat may look at a king, but apparently not a queen. 😹 6y
ReadingSusan @rubyslippersreads 🤣🤣🤣🤣 6y
rwmg Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? // I went up to London to look at the Queen // And what did you there?//I chased after a mouse// that was under her chair 6y
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sb3626
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Really enjoyed #8inTwo! It made for a wonderful weekend and allowed me to get more reading done then I could have expected! I am currently getting back to the tagged book and I just love reading about Queen Elizabeth II and more about the royal family!

JoScho 😊💖🎉 6y
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ReadingSusan
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Here are my #FridayReads. Maybe one day I will finish this tagged book. I have been reading it forever. What are you reading today?

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ReadingSusan
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Here are the books I am currently reading. Hoping to make some progress on them this weekend and start from my stack of new books!

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Well Susan Hussey, whoever you are, I hope you are still alive to see one of the princes marry a divorced, commoner American 🤣🤣 #whatasnob

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MallenNC
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I have a lot more books about real royals than #fairytales #riotgrams Day 26 @bookriot

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sb3626
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It‘s exam week over here so I have been pretty AWOL. I have been loving this book and enjoying learning more about Queen Elizabeth II. Monarchies even a constitutional one have always fascinated me and I am l excited to go deeper into it.

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lycomayflower
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rubyslippersreads Great 👑 collection! 7y
dylanisreading I was just thinking about this book and that I still want to read it! 7y
lycomayflower It is sooo good 7y
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GinEyre22
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Winding down after a busy day

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Robinallen
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Interesting but she definitely isn‘t a fan of Lady Diana

Robinallen The author that is 7y
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mrsmarch
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I do a lot of Christmas shopping for myself because my husband is sort of clueless. I got myself this magazine, then he misplaced it, then this morning he remembered it. The baby was awake for four hours in the middle of the night last night, heaven help us. Need coffee, at least River is playing quietly and waiting for the tree. ✨ #JoinIn #ChristmasCrazy

PurpleyPumpkin Coffee is essential! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Day. 🎄 7y
Reviewsbylola I hope your day gets better. I bought my own gifts too. It‘s just easier that way! 7y
mrsmarch @Reviewsbylola It‘s not that he isn‘t trying, it‘s that he isn‘t very creative. He would never think of getting me a magazine of the royals despite my love for them. 7y
Dragon The magazine looks great , I just finished season two of The Crown on Netflix. Merry Christmas 🎄 hope your day is fabulous and fun! 🐉 7y
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MallenNC
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I am loving season 2 of The Crown. I'm on episode 6 and I'm stopping here for tonight bc I don't want to rush through all the episodes! My favorite so far was the episode about Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones. I'd love a good book about the Queen's sister! #royals #TheCrown

dylanisreading I‘m still at the beginning of season 2, but I‘m loving it so far. 7y
MallenNC @Bianca It's really good! I love the royal family and history so it's perfect for me. 7y
rubyslippersreads @shawnmooney just posted about this one, and I'm dying to read it! 7y
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MallenNC @rubyslippersreads I've never heard of that one! 7y
CouronneDhiver Loving it so far too! 7y
aroc Loved this season! 7y
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dylanisreading
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Man do I love this show.

readordierachel Ooh, I forgot it was premiering today! So good. 7y
ReadingSusan I promised my husband I would wait for him and his flight tonight got delayed so he won‘t be home until late tomorrow 😭😭 7y
dylanisreading @ReadOrDieRachel Yes, it is! @ReadingSusan Noooo. I wouldn‘t be able to wait honestly. 😂 7y
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That-Bookish-Hiker Oh man I love this show! 7y
TheresaGivan I started watching this before I had to go into work today. What a mistake. I soooo didn‘t want to go into work after I got started. 7y
Elizabeth_Chatsworth Love this show! 😍😍😍 7y
dylanisreading @That-Bookish-Hiker @Elizabeth_Chatsworth So good, isn‘t it? @TheresaGivan I wouldn‘t have wanted to either! 7y
TaylorMay I haven't started it yet because I know I'm going to love it and I want to be able to binge it all at once! 7y
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ReadingSusan
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These are the two books I have been working on this weekend. They are both huge but I want to save all my other TBR books for #thankfullyreading which I am starting on Wednesday.

UrsulaMonarch I like how they look together! 👍 7y
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hike.read.repeat
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Had too much fun making this display today. 😂 #noshavenovember #librarylife #libraryassistant #movember #library #publiclibrary

Owlizabeth 😂😂😂 7y
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ReadingSusan
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The best way to start my off day!! Planning on reading books all day. #glorious

Tamra Lucky you! I‘m reading, but not what I want. 😫 7y
rubyslippersreads Sounds like a perfect day! 7y
WarpedSweetness I like your mug and plate! So pretty. 7y
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ReadingSusan
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Enjoying my #litsypartyofone with a delicious breakfast. My photo session for today was postponed due to illness so I have the whole day to read. I have been working on this book for a month. It‘s really interesting and informative.

Cinfhen Pretty plate💚 7y
cathysaid And now I want toast and jam... 😁 7y
Clare-Dragonfly I'm not a big jam fan but your photo just looks delicious. 😋 7y
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Zelma I loved that book and am now really excited about her book on Prince Charles. 😁 7y
ReadingSusan @Zelma ohhhh that sounds wonderful. 7y
ReadingSusan @Clare-Dragonfly it was quite delicious. I only like grape jam. Any other kind makes me feel sick to think about lol. 7y
ReadingSusan @Cinfhen thanks! I love this set. My mom bought it for us. 7y
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Someone on Litsy recommended this, and I‘m glad I read it. I love the behind the scenes stuff, and it was an interesting take on the Queen‘s life. #blameitonLitsy

kamoorephoto Oh I have this waiting too!!! 7y
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ReadingSusan
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Sneaking in some reading on this rainy Sunday before I head to a friends brunch. It‘s a perfect day to just stay in bed reading.

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ReadingSusan
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Y‘all my name is Susan and I am addicted to the British Royal Family. My friends who live in London roll their eyes at me but I don‘t care. I adore them. Excited to dive into this tome I just got from the library. Hopefully I can finish it in a year 🤣

GypsyKat I fallow the current royal family on Instagram. No shame. I just wish we had such positive young role models here in the U.S. 7y
ReadingSusan @GypsyKat yes esp these days 😭😭 7y
CouronneDhiver Me too! 7y
Laura317 Same here. I love following the royals. 👑 7y
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MallenNC
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In my #WildestDreams I'd be a friend to the Royal Family. (I'd settle for meeting the Queen.) Here are two of my royal books and two of my favorite pictures. #AugustGrrrl @Cinfhen

Cinfhen I love those photos too😍nice interpretation 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
MallenNC @Cinfhen That picture of George is my most favorite. He just looks so sassy with the candy. It makes me smile 7y
Cinfhen He's super adorable and so handsome 7y
CouronneDhiver Well chosen. I enjoy them too! 7y
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Born.A.Reader
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We're getting ready to go on vacation to Virginia to visit my husband's family, and since we're driving (10 hours) I figured I'd select a few larger tomes to take, versus multiple smaller ones. These are the ones I picked. Eclectic mix I'd say! #tbr

stacybmartin What a gorgeous book pile! The Summer I Turned Pretty was so much fun - I hope it's a great vacation read! 💙 7y
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Leelee08
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I've been on a romance kick lately, so I haven't been reading much non-fiction. However, I have this ebook on my phone and I read a few pages here and there when I'm in the checkout line or school pickup. 📚🤓#recentnonfictionread #marchintoreading

MallenNC That's a good one! 8y
Leelee08 @MallenNC I'm enjoying it so far! 8y
Reviewsbylola I have a sister that would love this! 8y
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Leelee08 @Reviewsbylola 😊😊😊 8y
Laura317 Added. I just finished The Crown on Netflix. I really like Queen Elizabeth. 8y
Leelee08 @Laura317 Me too! I loved The Crown. I was surprised by how much I love learning about the royal family.😊🤓 8y
Zelma I listened to this on audio and really enjoyed it. 8y
Leelee08 @Zelma 👍🏻😊😀 8y
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Seriously. Doesn't that just make you want to carpe diem? 👑

shawnmooney Queen Mary was fascinatingly dull – it's where Elizabeth inherited much of her own dullness – I say this lovingly. My favorite anecdote about Queen Mary was about her singing along while her impish eldest son, who later was Edward VIII, played the banjo to 'Yes We Have No Bananas' in the 1920s – I've always remembered it from a great biography of her because it was one of the few examples in her whole, long life where she let down her hair. 8y
Leelee08 @shawnmooney Thanks for the recommendation! And that's a funny story...I like when they're not so stuffy.😂 8y
Centique Have you seen the Netflix series The Crown? About Elizabeth's youth, marriage and coronation. It's not my usual subject of interest but even so it was fascinating. Amazing actors. 8y
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Leelee08 @Centique I love The Crown! I binged it in a few days. It's not normally my area of interest but it was fascinating and the actors were amazing!😍 8y
Sheltiemama When I see Matt Smith, I see the 11th Doctor and realize he married both Elizabeths. 8y
Leelee08 @Sheltiemama Me too!!!😂 8y
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UnabridgedTomes
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We're watching The Crown, and Claire Foy (the whole cast, in fact) is so breathtakingly perfect, it brings tears to my eyes.

Hobbinol It is really wonderful, isn't it? Do you think they'll add more episodes? 8y
UnabridgedTomes @Hobbinol oh gosh I hope so! 8y
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sdbruening
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I have had the hardest time getting accustomed to gin. I trained myself to drink coffee black; I got used to tequila; now, if the queen drinks a gin and tonic every day, then by golly, I will too!! Well...not every day, but once in a while 😉

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MallenNC
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Here is my cat showing off the shelf that holds some of my #Royals books. I have several more about Queen Elizabeth II, the Tudors, and my current interest, Queen Victoria. I could've shared a photo with more books, but cats are royal too, so this seemed appropriate. #ReadJanuary #CatsofLitsy

rubyslippersreads 😻👑👑👑 8y
rubyslippersreads Plus I'm sure Clinton Kelly would agree he belongs with the royals. 😄 8y
MallenNC @rubyslippersreads Absolutely! And I agree 8y
Hobbinol That is simply the best!❤❗ 8y
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Lizpixie
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#readjanuary #day18 #royals There isn't anyone more royal than Queen Elizabeth II of 🇬🇧 Her life is fascinating,from watching her father,who had a stutter & major stage fright, be thrust into kinghood when his brother abdicated, to becoming the Princess Royal, heir to the throne & then ascending to that role at such a young age when her father died suddenly from cancer. She's a remarkable woman, watch The Crown on Netflix, she's had a hard life.

BookishFeminist I love The Crown 👑 8y
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raelaschoenherr
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"The solution is to stop smiling." "The trouble is I have the sort of face, when I'm not smiling, everyone says, 'Oh, isn't she cross!'" Wait, was this the OG resting b**** face?? ?

LeahBergen 😂 8y
annahenke Lol! 8y
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MallenNC
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My "cat librarian" as he considers a leap over to the shelves. #catsofLitsy

BookishMarginalia 😻😻😻 8y
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