Philip Alexius de Laszlo - Duchess of York (nee Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother)
Prince Albert, Duke of York – “Bertie” to the family – was the second son of George V. He initially proposed to Elizabeth in 1921, but she turned him down, being “afraid never, never again to be free to think, speak and act as I feel I really ought to”.
We saw The King’s Speech tonight and I just wanna say how much I always loved TQM!