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Queen Elizabeth’s never-before-seen childhood re-told by close friend Entertainment Queen Elizabeth’s never-before-seen childhood re-told by close friend Queen Elizabeth’s secretive royal childhood has been revealed and will re-told in a book based off of her friend’s dairy. For those unversed, the monarch was a very close friend of Alathea Fitzlan Howard and some of her rare diary entries have provided fans rare insights into the Queen’s relationships over the years. The news was brought forward by Ms. Howard’s niece Isabella Naylor-Leyland and in her piece for Town&Country she claimed, “I think with the Queen, it was a sort of a typical teenage friendship, and they would laugh and giggle and enjoy each other s company and didn t discuss anything too serious.” ....
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret playing with their pet chameleon in the grounds of Windsor Castle, 1941 Lisa Sheridan / Studio Lisa / Getty Images A new book offering a personal insight into royal life during the outbreak of World War II, entitled, The Windsor Diaries has been released in paperback this week. Written by Alathea Fitzlan Howard, a cousin of the Duke of Norfolk, who was sent, as a teenager, to live with her grandfather at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park during WWII, the diary entries reveal some of her childhood memories growing up alongside Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Howard’s niece, Isabella Naylor-Leyland, adapted the book after her aunt s death in 2001. ....
Howard’s diary from 1940-1945 is now being released as a book, entitled The Windsor Diaries. This collection of entries reveals never-before-heard stories about Elizabeth and Margaret, bringing the young princesses’ private teenage lives into public view. Acting as both a historical document and an engaging series of vignettes, Howard’s diary entries give new insight into the British royal family. In light of the The Windsor Diaries’ release on May 4, T&C spoke with Howard’s niece, Isabella Naylor-Leyland. When Howard died in 2001, she left her diaries to Naylor-Leyland, who then adapted them into the book. The following excerpts showcase Alathea’s friendship with the two princesses, as she refers to them, Lilibet and M. Alathea was the eldest of the three girls and had something of a sisterly relationship with both. ....