Queen Elizabeth the Second, Part 1 of 2
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I Think It Is a Poison Chalice
Elizabeth becomes heir assumptive, but not heir apparent. The constitution is clear on matters of gender. Her mother, the duchess, is only 36. There's still a chance of a son to leap frog elizabeth in the line of succession. But family life is different to how it had been in piccadilly. Life in a palace rather resembles camping in a museumin fact, their new home is larger than any museum. It has 700 d 75 rooms and 830 thousand square feet of floor space. None the less, domestic harmony reigns. King george the sixth refers to the crown as the family firm. He takes personal responsibility for mentering daughter. From a
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