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Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth and Margaret should be evacuated to Canada

Sep, 1939
Balmoral Castle, Balmoral Estates, Ballater, United Kingdom

In September 1939, Britain entered the Second World War. Lord Hailsham suggested that Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret should be evacuated to Canada to avoid the frequent aerial bombing. This was rejected by their mother. The princesses stayed at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, until Christmas.


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