Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Dominions from her husband King George VI’s accession in 1936 until his death in 1952, and she was the last empress of British India. She was the mother of the monarch of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, Queen Elizabeth II, as well as Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Born and raised in British nobility, she was home-schooled by a governess until the age of eight and then started attending a school in London. At the advent of World War I, four of her brothers enlisted in the British Army. Elizabeth herself contributed to the British war effort. As her family home, Glamis Castle, was used as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers, Elizabeth stepped up to oversee its operation. In 1923, following her marriage to the Duke of York, Elizabeth became a prominent public figure. After King Edward VIII, her brother-in-law, abdicated the British throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, her husband became the new king. Elizabeth was a source of moral support for the British public during World War II. Her husband passed away not long after the war ended, and Elizabeth later came to be viewed as the matriarch of the British royal family.