Queen Elizabeth II was reportedly “unable to enjoy” being a mother after becoming montch at just 26 years of age, according to a royal biographer.
Ingrid Seward, royal biographer, gave an insight into the strain being Queen would have put on her other role as mother.
She told GBN America: “She had very little time, just four years to enjoy motherhood.
“During that time because her father, King George the 6th, was ill, she and the Duke of Edinburgh were travelling a lot and representing the King on visits and all kinds of things, in a way perhaps similar to what Prince William is doing now with his father.”
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King Charles was born one year into the Queen’s marriage to Prince Philip, with the Queen becoming monarch four years later. King Charles has previously been quoted in biographies saying it was “inevitably the nursery staff” who took care of him.
As well as affecting the King, Seward said this meant the Queen “wasn’t able to enjoy motherhood in the way that perhaps we would like to think that we do today.”
She added: “The Queen was very proud of Charles and felt more able to express her love for him when she had a little bit more time to do so.”
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On top of the pressures of being Queen and undertaking the duties that come with it, the societal norms of someone from that era and class were also factors in the Queen’s struggle to enjoy motherhood.
Seward said: “You have to remember that in the 1950s, parents did not hug their children and coddled them in the way that we think is completely normal today.
“It wasn’t just aristocratic families. It was most families. It just wasn’t a lot of love you’s and a lot of hugging and kissing. It just didn’t happen.”
