After her father died in 1952, Queen Elizabeth's mother, known as the Queen Mother, lived a lively life as a widow for 50 years. Until her death at age 101, the charming Queen Mother shared her daughter's love of horse racing and offered her someone to confide in. The pair reportedly exchanged regular phone calls, with an inside source saying that she spoke to the Queen Mother every day from her living room on the Buckingham Palace landline.
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