She Was a Mother First But Everything Had to Change When She Became Queen

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In 1948, Queen Elizabeth II had her first child. Back then, parenting was very different from what is being done today. Not to forget that the monarchy has a different set of rules that make them live differently from a normal person. For most of the time, royal parenting is done behind the palace doors.

Looking back, the Queen’s parenting style may actually be odd to a modern parent’s eyes. Whether or not the Queen was a good parent was something that her own children could not even agree on.