When in April 1923 Elizabeth BowesLyon married the then 27 year old Prince Albert of the United Kingdom she became the first nonroyal to marry into the British royal family since Henry VIII married Catherine Parr 400 years earlier. Although Albert was only the second born son to his parents he eventually ended up on the British throne when his elder brother abdicated in 1936. Elizabeth and Albert would go on to have two daughters: Elizabeth, born in 1926 and Margaret, born in 1930. Elizabeth succeeded to the British throne when her father suddenly died in 1952.

Queen Elizabeth II as such found herself in a situation between royalty and the British nobility through her mothers side of the family. One side was constantly in the spotlight and in the headlines while the other side of her family was lesser known to the public. So in today's video we will uncover the lives of Queen Elizabeth II’s maternal grandparents.

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