ELIZABETH ALEXANDRA Mary Windsor ascended to the throne at a time when the nation was still scarred by bomb sites, wartime rationing had not fully ended, working women were frowned upon and footballers’ ‘wages’ were capped at £14 a week. Television was a luxury that few could afford and, if they could, the black-and-white image on a tiny 10in screen was frequently a fuzzy grey.
Few then could have anticipated the reign of Queen Elizabeth II would be so
