Now we can look the East End in the face.

My mother had no time for the so called nation’s favourite granny and thought she was fake.

I don’t believe she truly loved George VI, it was a good move and the late Queen and Prince Philip had a hard time getting her out of Buckingham Palace as she loved ‘queening’ it so much. They eventually turned her heating off!

I wouldn’t be surprised if that little bomb was dropped on purpose for propaganda purposes…

I always thought Lady Diana didn't look shy she looked crafty!

I’ve also heard less than favourable things about the late QM -that she was a crashing snob for one and was far from the ‘sweet old lady’ image.
Her parents dangled her front of George VI (before he was king) and she was not that keen on him, he wasn’t too bright and had a bad stammer. (And she was keener on the more glamorous brother Edward, who became king and then abdicated.) However, she was persuaded.

My DM used to say that the QM’s eyes weren’t twinkling, they were glinting! 😆 No idea what she based that on!

There is a school of thought that far from being the sweet old lady she portrayed (smiling in her pastel coats), the QM was hard as nails and quite spiteful to staff and 'lesser' mortals.

For reasons I don't understand (possibly an interest in Anne Boleyn) YouTube keeps showing me videos on exactly that theme - their algorithms are peculiar, as I rarely watch them.

Obviously I have no idea how true they are, but there are enough of them to make me wonder, and as the QM is long dead, I can think of no sensible reason why people would want to speak against her if they aren't true.

My mother lived with her family in the East End, they experienced much deprivation, danger and loss, certainly no family members ever expressed hatred for any of the riyal family. Rather the reverse. I guess experiences differed, opinions differed and maybe recollections also differed.

er they didn't have hundreds of other rooms to go in!