The Queen Mother Was Much Nastier Than You Thought
Lost Tales Through Time
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This is the Queen Mother. A pastel coat, somewhere between mint and lavender.
That matching hat with the upturned brim, a little gloved wave, the soft smile, the gin.
Here was a woman who waved at racehorses, lived to a hundred and one, and seemed, by every account printed in every newspaper, to be the warmest soul in Britain.
The nation's grandmother, the Queen Mum.
That's the version they sold us, and they sold it well.
But behind it, we have a very different Queen Mother...
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The Queen Mother Was Much Nastier Than You Thought
Lost Tales Through Time
54,931 views
This is the Queen Mother. A pastel coat, somewhere between mint and lavender.
That matching hat with the upturned brim, a little gloved wave, the soft smile, the gin.
Here was a woman who waved at racehorses, lived to a hundred and one, and seemed, by every account printed in every newspaper, to be the warmest soul in Britain.
The nation's grandmother, the Queen Mum.
That's the version they sold us, and they sold it well.
But behind it, we have a very different Queen Mother...
She ruined a couple of off licences by running up astronomical debt
When she died, the family had to go around quietly and pay off £millions that she'd got into such shocking debt.
Self centred, self absorbed and self serving. She had a real hold on QE2 and always got her own way