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It s where she fell in love with Philip and where the fondest memories of her sister, her mother and her father are cherished.
During the Second World War, Elizabeth and younger sister Margaret were evacuated to Windsor s Royal Lodge where the King and Queen joined them at weekends, away from leading the nation s war efforts from Buckingham Palace.
These years would become an essential part of the Royal Family history when the princesses staged a series of royal pantomimes to raise funds to aid servicemen.
It started with a Nativity play put on in 1940, with Elizabeth - aged 14 - playing one of the Three Kings and Margaret as the Little Child with a supporting cast of local schoolboys.
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The Royal Family’s Christmas traditions will be on hold this year, with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh set to have a quiet celebration at Windsor Castle due to the pandemic, marking the first time in 32 years that the couple will not be at Sandringham for the festive period. However, spending the holidays at Windsor has a special place in the Queen’s heart, especially since it was the backdrop to one of her and her sister Margaret’s favourite wartime activities as children - throwing a Christmas pantomime.
In 1941, amidst World War II, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, then aged just 15 and 11 years old respectively, were evacuated from Buckingham Palace and stayed at the Royal Lodge in Windsor until 1945. Their parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, stayed in London during the week and returned to them at weekends.