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The Queen Elizabeth And Elizabeth

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I dropped my bag in the hallway of my grandmother’s house and went to throw my arms around her as she sat at the table, looking through a pile of family papers and photos. She looked up and smiled at me, explaining that she had been looking through old papers that my great grandmother had kept. My eyes fixed on a photo of some people standing on a balcony, waving to a huge crowd. Grandma explained that this was George VI and Queen Elizabeth with the two princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. It was taken by someone my great grandmother knew, who was employed at the palace. Apparently those two little princesses were always into mischief; they were into everything. As with most siblings they used to fight all the time but if anyone tried to come between them, they’d stick together like glue. The younger sister was forever getting into scrapes that her elder sister, Elizabeth, had to try to get her out of. While Margaret was the fun sister, Elizabeth was the responsible one. Elizabeth had no choice: she was to grow up to become the Queen of Britain. I looked at Grandma enquiringly. “Yes, the present Queen”, she responded. “That reminds me of your great grandfather Phillip and his brother Alan”, she said picking up some pages from a timeworn diary. “Philip, the older brother always the adventurous one, signed up to defend the Mother Country as soon as World War I was declared. His brother, Alan, who had a quieter, more reflective nature, felt the need to follow his brother, just

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