Queen Elizabeth, later Queen Mother, Maundy Thursday

Mar 21, 1940; London, England, UK; The QUEEN MOTHER, the creator of the modern British monarchy, brought the royal household - previously a stuffy institution - far closer to the people. But the Queen Mother also had a tough, steely side, which she often had to draw upon after entering the royal family as Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Here in Westminster Abbey on Maundy Money Ceremony, which is a special British coinage given to deserving poor people in a religious ceremony performed by Anglicans on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter

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