Fitzalan

Queen’s closest friend Alathea Fitzalan Howard on the war effort

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As the war draws to a close, the young Elizabeth enjoys a new-found independence in the ATS.  Romance is also in the air as the future queen dances around her room with a photograph of Philip.  And as Alathea Fitzalan Howard reveals in this last extract from her teenage diaries, the princess she once loved … Read more

Secret diary of the Queen’s first confidante Alathea Fitzalan Howard

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Alathea Fitzalan Howard ecame a close friend of Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret, visiting them often at Windsor Castle, and enjoying parties, balls, picnics and celebrations with the Royal Family and other members of the Court Alathea Fitzalan Howard was sent to live with her grandfather, Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent, at Cumberland lodge in Windsor Great … Read more