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coronation supplement early life of gracious princess taught responsibilities dramatic turn of events resulted in accession to thron in the dim early hours of april 21 1926 a gin rs born to the gracious young duchess of york and the world re joiced few suspected that the baby princess baptized elizabeth alexandra mary would ever become the second elizabeth to sit on englands throne nobody at that time even though it probable that the duke of york would ever become king king george v strong soldierly and upright gave promise of living for many years to come his eldest son edward prince of wales was next in line of succession and was immensely popular the shy retiring albert duke of york was only second in the line of succession yet there were some who realized that there was a pos sibility that elizabeth might some day become queen al though they could hardly have forseen the dramatic turn of events which was to lead to her succession the princesss initiation into the limitations of royal life began when she was only eight months old her mother and father had to be separated from her for six months while they went to australia to inaugurate the new capital ht145 piccadilly mtouvli iuli- her parents moved shortly after their arrival home it was a happy environment spacioiu rooms quiet but elegant period furniture a courtyard just large enough to shut out the noise of the piccadilly traffic a small garden at the back facing directly the undulating greensward of hyde jark when learning to talk the princess mispronounced her name lilibet a mistake which sounded so attractive that it was at once adopted and retain- ed lilibet was a gteet favorite with her grandparents and enpec- ially with her grandfather king george v she was a lovely child but it was her odd mixture of im pish candor and seriousness which endeared her to him he laughing ly told her with truth that she was the only person in the world ever to order him to shut the when she was four her sister margaret waa bom and thereafter they were inseparable most of her early childhood years were spent in the country at one of the family houses at historic gin mis castle complete with its ghost or the royal indge at windsor private tutoring lilibets upbringing was strict but not repressive she was taught ut home because a princess at school attracts too much attention her mother taught her to read and private tutors took over teaching her french and german by the time she was 10 in addition to mutic history and other subjects she had her first piano lesson at the age of four disliked geography- but was fascinated by history in which had she chosen she could have earned an honours degree and underlying it all discipline she saw examples everywhere mound her she saw her parents cope with the neverceasing round of duties the endless correspon dence the constant callera there were charities to be encouraged new projects to be inspected im portant visitors to entertain from all pjirts of the world these crush ing demands she saw accepted with grace good htnreur and genuine interest duty came first self liiit her grandmother queen mary once gave her a snlutiry lesson in this girlishly she enjoyed being photographed being cheered by waiting crowds and having kisses blown at her on her visit to olympu with her grandmother she said wont the people be pleased to bar me when we leave lilibet waa packed straight off home with a muse by a side door where the crowds couldnt see her mere ta rackiagham palace then at the age of 10 the prin cess childhood was virtually end ed g had died the ab dication of king edward vti1 shook toe englishspeaking world her father became king george vl from that day her upbringing waa even more exacting she mov ed with her family to buckingham palace direct in line of succession she waa trained in all she must know the relations between var ious commonwealth governments and the home country the con stitutional status of a king the workings of the immensely com plicated royal household calmly and goodhnmonredly she took it all in her stride she found time for plenty of reading enjoy ing the works of e h forester alexander woolcott h g wells sad somerset maugham she de veloped musical preferences play ing beethovens fifth symphony whenever she could yet until 1945 she had never been to a cinema ridden on a bos or been in a sub- way train served with ats in maroh 1946 the princess waa gazetted honorary second subal tern ftetjaiuilmry tm- towtwrvkvby these of 18 she was appointed a councillor of state daring the kings absence in the field of battle she wss an ef ficient driver in the war and had insisted on joining the ats al though her father wondered at the flrll k trnri i her majesty queen elizabeth ii wisdom of the heir to the throne exposing herself to the risks of active service in the forces they found the princess cool cheerful and willing gradually however she emerged as a public figure her broadcast to the children of the empire dur ing battle of britain so clear and spirited began it all royal duties a visit to northern ireland to launch a ship the proclamation of peace the tremendous ovation giv en to her family outside bucking ham palace her first journey out side the british isles with her parents on their visit to south africa and rhodesia and back to london and romance rumor had long linked her name with prince philip of greece the little golden- haired girl was now in the full bloom of womanhood philip the handsome sailor whom she had known since they were children sharedherxrt of music interests and hobbies she made her choice it waa a love match and her par ents gave it their blessing the nation rejoiced she had enjoyed a short era of adult freedom theatres and cine mas dances and parties now her public duties multiplied and were added to the cares of a home but everyone who saw her during her trip to canada representing her father at the trooping of the colour in 1951 and taking the salute knew that she had achieved full stature here we knew was somebody who could be queen then tragically his majesty king george vi succumbed to the intolerable burdens he had endured without complaint for his peoples good for lilibet the freedom of childhood was now far behind for with one voice and consent of tongue and heart the high and mighty princess elizabeth alex andra mary was proclaimed queen elisabeth the second the queen busy day britons to se religious play in abbey westminster abbty foi the fnt time in history will be the of a religious piny shortly ufier the coronation first perfornuftire is june lf this will be the fiint chance for the public to see ha ah bey in its coronation ettiim composer sir ffm ff allon write coronation marrh orb and sceptre is the title of a march which the arts council f gieat britain jus commission from the composer sir william walton in honour of the corona tion the march will be played fr the first time on coronation day jane 2 in the program of iiiumc to be performed in westminttr abbey london before the iiie- atony begins the first public oni- eext performance will be given in the royal festival hall on june 7 by the london symphonv onlie- tra under the dnection of sir jhn barbirolli acorn from royal oak for northern ireland in connection with northern lie- lands plans for celebrating tli coronation a novel scheme lui been launched by the ulster so ciety for the preservation of hie countryside fifteen thoumiid acorns will be obi tuned from thr royal oak tiee in windsor iriat park eikihim nd plniieti throughout northern ireland 11 net of the acorns will be distributed through the hmiln and remain der will be isidd to private n- dividuals the spit- 1 of v rona tion year reflected i the n w it lours iin for the spr n am sum hum of by the br ish to our ou portman 5uar- lomloi the colour d are f i kuj lwei r wo silk and ru iiri itnri and leallk the 33 c our on th w ait have been arrarm l 1 e all native sul gettih f r hi itlhiiii ing and loul mstn g coliiit there an- m a urs or rayon 22 o tun ami ib leather one of the worlds busiest people in role of monarch wife mother by any computation the present queen is one of the if not actually the busiest women in the world it could be said that all lines of communication in an empire covering- nearly a quarter of the worlds land surface meet at a central point known as buckingham palace i lie queen is not only the personification of the state in law she is the supremo authority an integral part of the legislating this makes her the head of the judician in kngland ami wales and scotland head of the army na v and air force and the sole representative of the nation m international affairs of course in process of history main of lhese premg- atives have become restricted today the queen acts on the advice of her ministers advice which she cannot constitu tionally ignore and the supreme legislative authority ia the house of commons and the house of lords which tween them represent all elements of the nation but this does not mean that the queens duties me nominal far from it they are onerous and they are im portant the queen reigns if she does not rule she sum monses prorogues and dissolves parliament she opens tn new session with a speech from the throne a bill which has leen passed by hoth legislative houses requires her consent before it becomes law the jurisdictions of the courts de rive from her she makes appointments of peerages knight hoods and suchlike honours as head of the established church of england she is concerned with appointment within it her approval is required for a minister to assume office or a cabinet to be formed add to these duties of the queen the manifold demands of participation in the ceremonial and puhhe life of the nation and one ees to quote mrj rooselt how hea a bunlen i its on such voung shoulder thftueeia diarv is imariihh irowdti biitains new ambassador to tui ke must le rvteid ln iepaiiig