“That's mine!”

Said to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, when she realised he had taken her glass of wine just as she prepared to propose a toast during a lunch to celebrate her 100th birthday.

Vickers

Hugo

Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

Arrow Books/Random House

2006

490

978-0-09-947662-7

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Queen consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth … 1900–2002

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