Enid Blyton and Queen Elizabeth ll

[Aussie Sue]

I do hope this link works as I would love to share this special item from collection with all of you at this time.

https://imgur.com/jb1piYc

cheers Aussie Sue

ps Enid has written quite a lot about the Royal Family so perhaps we could share more items too.

[pete9012S]

A marvellous pic Sue - I have inserted a copy of your pic into this thread too.
Many thanks.

Pete

[pete9012S]

From the cave:

The Amalgamated Press Ltd. April 1953.
Pull-out pictorial supplement
Every Child's Book of Charles and Anne unpaginated (16 pages)
This is a royal year, especially for you boys and girls of Britain. Our beloved young Queen...

https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/bly ... perid=4320

[Aussie Sue]

Yes Pete, that 'Wife and Home' booklet is gorgeous too, another favourite item of mine.

[Lucky Star]

Wonderful items, especially the 21st Birthday newspaper. I wonder if Elizabeth ever read any Blyton? I don't imagine she'd have been an ardent fan but a poem or story perhaps?

[jon beeza]

Very interesting story. I always felt that Enid was very upper class. I remember as a child, I felt Enid Blyton was similar to the Queen.

[pete9012S]

We have this:




https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/mag ... ?magid=826

[Aussie Sue]

That EB magazine entry is a great find Pete, I don't know how to download picture from the cave so perhaps you could download the book 'Story of Our Queen'

[pete9012S]

Certainly.

First edition: 1953
Publisher: Frederick Muller
Illustrator: F. Stocks May
Category: Non-series Non-fiction
Genre: Royalty
Type: Non-Fiction Books

https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/boo ... +Our+Queen

The story can be read in pdf format for a short time below.


THE STORY OF OUR QUEEN:
https://www.docdroid.net/CW9ag4u/the-st ... -queen-pdf

[Katharine]

I've just spent about half an hour scanning my bookshelves and eventually managed to track down my copy of that book. I will probably try and read it on the 19th.

[Anita Bensoussane]

Wow, the poem penned by Enid for Elizabeth's 21st birthday is lovely!

It's nice to be reminded of the other things too. I have a copy of The Story of Our Queen, which is beautifully written and exquisitely illustrated, and it was good to see Tony using a picture from it for the editorial in Journal 78. I was aware that Enid had written a booklet about the young Charles and Anne, though I've never seen it.

[Fiona1986]

I bought a copy of The Story of Our Queen on Friday so hopefully I will have it soon.

[Boatbuilder]

The story can be read in pdf format for a short time below.


THE STORY OF OUR QUEEN:
https://www.docdroid.net/CW9ag4u/the-st ... -queen-pdf

Or you can download and save it from the link on the page (top right) and have a pemanent copy.

[pete9012S]

I bought a copy of The Story of Our Queen on Friday so hopefully I will have it soon.

The copies I looked up seem to have gone up in price.
Hope you got a bargain!

[pete9012S]

Also from the cave, as mentioned:

First edition: 1953
Publisher: Amalgamated Press
Illustrator: Uncredited
Category: Non-series Non-fiction
Genre: Royalty
Type: Non-Fiction Books

https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/boo ... ncess+Anne



This touching image (below) is from another booklet: