Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck (26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953), born Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, was Queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. She was Queen Mother from 1936 to 1952.
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Quotes
[edit]- Really! This might be Roumania!
- Of the Abdication Crisis (1936), as cited in James Pope-Hennessy, Life of Queen Mary (1959), ch.7., ii.
- Well, Mr. Baldwin, this is a pretty kettle of fish!
- Statement to Stanley Baldwin during the abdication crisis. (1936), as cited in James Pope-Hennessy in Queen Mary, 1867-1953 (1959).
- You are a member of the British royal family. We are never tired, and we all love hospitals.
- As cited in John Pearson, The Ultimate Family: The Making of the Royal House of Windsor (A&C Black, 2011), p. 14
- Responding to a younger royal complaining of tiredness and disdain for Mary's expectation that royalty visit hospitals and attend to the war-wounded during World War I.
Quotes about Mary of Teck
[edit]- My wife and I received much consideration and kindness from other members of the Royal Family, especially from Queen Mary. I saw her fairly often, especially when the King and Queen were in South Africa. It might have been thought that Queen Mary, brought up in the traditions of Victorian England, might have resented the coming into power of a Labour Government, but it was not so. She had a forward-looking mind. There were two of our Ministers for whom she had especial regard—George Tomlinson, whom she called ‘My Minister’, and Ernest Bevin, whom she called ‘My neighbour’ as he lived in Carlton House Terrace next to Marlborough House.
We felt a real sense of loss at her death.- Clement Attlee, As It Happened (1954), p. 212
