Queen's devastating first comment to staff after being told she had become Queen
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mirror.co.ukThe Queen was just 25 when her father, George VI, died suddenly making her the new Queen. The then-Princess Elizabeth was in Kenya with Prince Philip and a team of staff at the time, and her husband had the heartbreaking job of giving her the news.
Not only did the young princess have to come to terms with losing her dad, she also had to take in the fact that she was now the Monarch - something that would completely change every aspect of her life.
But moments after being given the life-changing news, the future Queen walked over to staff and apologised to them. Recalling the heartbreaking day on February 6 1952, Elizabeth’s lady-in-waiting Pamela Mountbatten says her boss was "completely calm".
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