Elizabeth II was not the most tender of mothers towards her children, in particular with Prince Charles, her first son. She devoted almost the majority of her time to her duties as queen, despite her needy offspring. What education did she give to her children?
From her union with Prince Philip, Elizabeth II had four beautiful children. When she prematurely became Queen of England on the death of her father George VI, her first son, Prince Charles was only three years old. Princess Anne was just celebrating her first year of life. Forced to meet her commitments to the Crown, the mother of the family had very little time to devote to her elders. To be a young queen and a young mother at the same time, it required a lot of work, but also sacrifices. For lack of time, and perhaps envy, Elizabeth II reproduced the education she received on her children. That is to say, the hard way. You have to get up and go to bed early, and learn good manners very quickly. Prince Charles and Princess Anne are mostly educated by a horde of nannies and servants. The Queen’s signs of affection for her first two children were obviously very rare, but she had got into the habit, once a week, of sleep Charles and Anne instead of the staff.
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A cold and absent mother towards her elders
If Charles and Anne lacked nothing materially, the absence of demonstration created a huge void in their hearts, especially in that of the heir to the throne. Small, he was very emotional, which tended to annoy her father, Prince Philip. Worried that he did not see in him a strength of character worthy of a king, he then decided to send him to Gordonstoun boarding school, located in Scotland. There, he received an extremely severe education, forcing him as best he could to repress his emotions. According to the various testimonies of relatives of the royal family, Elizabeth II was much more flexible with his last two sons. She certainly had time to learn from her shortcomings, since Prince Andrew was born ten years after Princess Anne.
In the eyes of the queen, he is “love child”. Rumor has it that he would even his favorite. Elizabeth II associates her birth “at the restart of her marriage to Prince Philip and at a happy time in her life”, relates the royal biographer Lady Colin Campbell. As a savvy monarch, she had far more time to devote to him and her brother Edward than she gave to her elders. Elizabeth II learned over time to become a mother, and even if she made some mistakes with her children, she was able to make up for it with the new generation : she is an adored grandmother and great-grandmother, to the point of having been given a nickname by each member of the family.
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