King George II & Queen Elizabeth (nee Romania)

[basilforever]

George II, Queen Elisabeth, one of her sisters Maria or Ileana



Queen Elisabeth



















 

[Laura_]

in the second pic the sister is Maria ' Mignon'  Ileana was a child at that time 

[basilforever]

Queen Elisabeth with her mother Queen Marie and sister Queen Maria Mignon



Elisabetha and Mignon



Elisabeth with her parents and brother Carol and sister Mignon

[lori_c]

This may have been discussed already, but I recently read in Zeepvat's "Queen Victoria's Family" that Queen Elisabeth divorced the King even though he adored her.  And that she was a very difficult, selfish person who often was a thorn in the side of her nephew, Michael.  

Is there any particular reason that Elizabeth chose to end the marriage and return to Romani?  I have often read that Queen Marie's children were considered spoiled by some.  Was it because of this or infidelity?

[Eric_Lowe]

Maybe ! Missy was known to be an indulgent mother.

Love the photos of Elisabetta wrting letters...were they taken in Romania ? 

[basilforever]

I can imagine that King George II adored her, she had such a beautiful, fascinating face, but she looks quite cold and scary too. I would like to know why exactly they got divorced as well.

[Eric_Lowe]

One reason was the sides they took in the Helene/Carol divorce. George was supportive of his sister, while Elisabetta was of her brother Carol. 

[Teddy]

Basilforever,

Where did you got all those lovely photo's? Are they from a book?

Gr. Teddy

[Eric_Lowe]

Looks like they came a photo archieve...Are they from Kent University too ? (Just a guess). 

[basilforever]

Many are from ebay, old postcards, various internet sites, some old threads. I find Queen Elisabeth to be quite fascinating actually.

Does anyone know, has anyone ever written a biography of Q. Elisabetha? 

Also are there any grand portraits painted of her as Queen, as there were for Olga, Sophie, Amalia, etc.? 

[Eric_Lowe]

The closest thing of a bio on Elisabetta was a series of articles written by John Wimbles for Royalty Digest on her. 

[grandduchessella]

They're great articles--lots of quotes from letters she wrote to her mother about her life in Greece. They can be ordered from Royalty Digest still even though they're from several years ago.

[Eric_Lowe]

Yes...I was very previdged to know John Wimbles. A man of great intelligence and expert on Romanian Royals. He will be speaking again at the annual Royalty Digest Conferences in Ticehurst this year. Looking forward to more letters...

[TampaBay]

I think Elizabeth also received a parure of emeralds from Queen Sophie. 

TampaBay

[basilforever]

Would that be the one that she had the 'E's' put into the Tiara? Queen Anne Marie often wears it today. That's a stunning emerald parure, I love it.