Elizabeth II is the Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York. Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, making Elizabeth the heir presumptive.
Queen Elizabeth
Speaking to media after attending a service at the chapel at Royal Lodge Windsor, the Duke of York said, “I feel very sorry and supportive of my mother who is feeling it probably more than anybody else.”
“He was a remarkable man, I loved him as a father. He was so calm. If you had a problem, he would think about it,” Andrew said. “He was always someone you could go to.”
The royal family themselves were “all feeling a great sense of loss,” Andrew said. “We’ve lost almost the grandfather of the nation.”
Asked at the time how his mother was feeling, the duke replied: “The Queen as you would expect is an incredibly stoic person. And she described his passing as a miracle. And she’s contemplating."
“She described it as having left a huge void in her life,” he said, adding that the family was “rallying around to make sure that we’re there to support her.”
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