YOU - The Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Edition

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YOU – The Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Edition
YOU EDITORIAL DIRECTOR CHARLENE ROLLS QUEEN ELIZABETH II EDITOR NICOLA WHITFIELD ART DIRECTORS ANTON SASSENBERG, MELANIE SMOOK CONTENT PRODUCERS DENNIS CAVERNELIS, KIM ABRAHAMS, NICI DE WET, SANDY COOK, JANE VORSTER, SANDRA VISSER COPY EDITORS SANDRA
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Editorial
IT WAS a day we knew would come but somehow couldn’t imagine. Most of us have never known the world without Queen Elizabeth II in it, going about her business with stoicism and resolve, heading a difficult, troubled family with dignity and diplomacy,
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A Queen IS BORN
THERE’S always frenzied excitement when the arrival of a royal baby is imminent and 21 April 1926 was no different. Even though it was the early hours of the morning and pouring with rain, a small crowd stood on the pavement outside 17 Bruton Street
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Playing her PART
PRINCESS Elizabeth was just 13 and her sister, Princess Margaret, only nine when World War 2 broke out in 1939. Many British children were evacuated from London for safekeeping and the princesses could have gone to Canada to wait out the war but they
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A royal ROMANCE
WHEN Princess Elizabeth first laid eyes on Prince Philip, she was immediately smitten. The tall, handsome blond naval cadet was 18 years old and about to join the British Royal Navy. Like her, he was royalty, but unlike her family, he was penniless.
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Crowning GLORY
JUST before 11am on 2 June 1953, Britain came to a standstill. Family, neighbours and complete strangers crowded together in living rooms, town halls, churches and hospitals to get a front-row seat to the biggest event of the century. Television hadn
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Before the THRONE
IT’S hard to imagine it: decades on the throne, practically her whole adult life consumed by a driving sense of duty and a commitment to always putting her country first and herself and the needs of her family second. But there were a blissful few ye
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Triumph & TURMOIL
ANY life has its ups and downs but for Queen Elizabeth, who dedicated herself to the service of her people, good times and bad meant going through everything in the full glare of public scrutiny. Sometimes she earned praise, other times she was criti
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70 glorious YEARS
IT WAS always going to be a special occasion. Queen Elizabeth had been on the throne for an unprecedented 70 years – a feat never before achieved in UK history and a milestone the world is unlikely to see again for generations. Yet even the highest e
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Welcome, MA’AM
THE queen didn’t do much travelling when she was growing up and before the age of 21 hadn’t ventured much further from the UK mainland than the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. Then in 1947 she accompanied her parents on her first royal
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To My Beloved PEOPLE
THE queen’s annual 3pm Christmas broadcast became as much of a tradition as turkey and tinsel, mince pies and mistletoe. The tradition was started by her grandfather King George V as a radio message in 1932 and was first televised in 1957 – but it to
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How do YOU DO?
EVEN Queen Elizabeth, one of the most recognisable faces on the planet, would occasionally be a little starstruck upon meeting celebrities – just as many of them were at meeting her – and she even carried a camera in her handbag for private snaps wit
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For The Love Of FAMILY
DUTY to her country and her people may have been Her Majesty’s driving force but her nearest and dearest were front and centre of her life and her relationships with her vast family played a major role in the woman she was. YOUNG Princess Elizabeth n
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Homes SWEET HOMES
THE queen had a home for practically every occasion. There was Windsor for Easter, which also later became her base, Balmoral for summer, Sandringham for Christmas and Buckingham Palace for work. Each home held significance for Her Majesty and comes
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All SMILES!
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Four-legged FRIENDS
IF THERE was one thing Her Majesty had a soft spot for, it was four-legged creatures. She loved thoroughbred horses and could talk about breeding and racing for hours on end. And then there were the corgis. The squat little Welsh pooches with their l
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Queen of STYLE
AS A child Elizabeth loved dressing up and as she grew older that sense of style morphed into a timeless sense of fashion. Blessed with a wasp-like waist in her younger days, the queen could pull off virtually any style, from ballgowns to pencil skir
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Her Majesty’s HOLD-ALL
THE queen’s almost constant companion for most of her adult life was one of her many famous Launer handbags, which adorned her left arm at almost all times – including at home in Buckingham Palace. She had more than 200 bespoke bags in all colours of
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Sparkle & SHINE!
WHEN you’re head of a monarchy steeped in history, rich in tradition and flush with fortune, you have a veritable treasure trove of jewels at your disposal. Queen Elizabeth’s astounding collection included 40 tiaras, 34 pairs of earrings, 98 brooches
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The lighter SIDE
A GREAT sense of humour, a keen sense of fun and the ability not to take herself too seriously – these were among the many tributes of Queen Elizabeth and they helped her be a better monarch. Anthony Seldon, a historian and author, says a defining ch
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Farewell To A LEGEND
SHE wasn’t born to be queen. Elizabeth was a princess, the older daughter of the brother of the king, and her life should have been very different. She would always have had an existence steeped in privilege, residing in stately homes, accepting invi

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