EBritain’s101-year-oldQueenMotherwhodiedonMarch30wasfamousfornevergivinginterviews.Howeverherfewpublicizedcommentsshowedhumorastrongwillandloveforlife.Inthe1920smanymenwantedtomarryladyElizab
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Britain’s101-year-oldQueenMotherwhodiedonMarch30wasfamousfornevergivinginterviews.Howeverherfewpublicizedcommentsshowedhumorastrongwillandloveforlife.
Inthe1920smanymenwantedtomarryladyElizabethAngelaMargueriteBowes-Lyon.SheonlyagreedtomarrythefutureKingGeorgeⅥwhenhegotdownonbendedkneeforathirdtimetoaskher.ButsheneverforgaveherbrotherEdwardⅧforsteppingdownfromthethrone（王位）in1936tomarrydivorced（离婚）womanWallisSimpson.Thismeantthathershyhusbandbecameking.“Thoselastfewdayswerelikesittingontheedgeofavolcano”shesaidofthecrisis.
TheQueenMother’smostfamousroleinBritishlifewastotrytoboost（提高）Londoners’morale（士气）duringtheWorldWarIIbombing（轰炸）especiallyinthehardest-hitEastEndofLondon.WhenBuckinghamPalace（白金汉宫）washitbyabombin1940shesaid“Iamgladwehavebeenbombed.ItmakesmefeelIcanlooktheEastEnd（people）intheface.”
Famouslysherefusedsuggestionsthatsheandherchildren，theprincessesElizabethandMargaretshouldseekrefuge（寻求避难）inCanadauntiltheendofthewar.“Thechildrenwon’tgowithoutmeIwon’tleavethekingandthekingwillnevergo.”shedeclared.“IshoulddieifIhadtoleave.”
Afterbettertimesreturned，herloveofexpensivepartiesandhighlifecontinued，wellintoheroldage.Herbankoverdraft（透支）reached4millionpounds.
Sheenjoyedfishinguntilwellintoher80sbutoncechoked（噎住）onafishbone.Afterdoctorsremovedtheboneshejoked“Afteralltheseyearsoffishingthefisharehavingtheirrevenge（报复）.”
Intheendsheoutlivedthe20thcenturywithenergyandenthusiasm.“Ilovelifethat’smysecret”shetoldafriendwhenshewasinher80s.InatelevisioninterviewlastweekhergrandsonPrinceCharlessaid“Shesawthefunnysideoflifeandwelaugheduntilwecried.”
Hundredsofpeoplehavesignedbooksofcondolence（哀悼）acrossthecountryincludingformerPrimeMinisterMargaretThatcher.
“Shelovedhercountryandinreturnhercountrylovedher.”saidPrimeMinisterTonyBlair.
72.TheQueenMotherrefusedtoseekrefugeinCanadawithherchildrenbecause .
A.shedidn’tthinkitsafetostayinCanada
B.shewasn’twill