From playing Prince Charming in a Christmas pantomime at Windsor Castle to meeting penguins at the London Zoo.
continues, her 70 years on the throne will be rehashed in minute detail, but the quarter-century preceding her coronation was equally remarkable. From the moment she became heir presumptive following the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, her father, George VI, set about training the young Elizabeth for the role of Queen.
To ensure his daughter felt better prepared, George commissioned Eton College provost, Henry Marten, to teach his daughter the fundamentals of British history and law, with Elizabeth travelling from Windsor Castle to see him each week. A true eccentric, Marten would let his pet ravens fly around the leather-bound volumes that crowded his study while he quizzed the young princess onby Sir William Anson.
It’s the Queen’s other hobbies during her childhood that became lifelong passions, though. Under the guidance of Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, the princess began writing a nightly diary – a practice she has kept up without fail every night since George’s coronation. Her father, meanwhile, taught her to ride in and around Windsor Great Park, which remains one of her favourite pastimes, and gifted her with her first Welsh corgi, Dookie.
Perhaps the most formative experience of all for the young royal, though? The Second World War. In spite of advice from royal counsellors who feared for her safety, Elizabeth remained in Windsor throughout the conflict. Instead, Elizabeth kept busy by digging “victory” gardens, joining the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and organising Christmas pantomimes for Berkshire locals, which she would star in alongside Princess Margaret.
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