![]() ![]() ![]() Hear Princess Elizabeth’s address to the children of the United Kingdom in this Smithsonian Magazine video. To you living in new surroundings, we send a message of true sympathy and at the same time we would like to thank the kind people who have welcomed you to their homes in the country.” My sister Margaret Rose and I feel so much for you, as we know from experience what it means to be away from those you love most of all. “Thousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers. ![]() She spoke directly to the children who had been separated from their families as part of the evacuation scheme. On October 13, 1940, in response to this mass movement of people, Princess Elizabeth gave her first address from the drawing room of Windsor Castle as part of the BBC’s Children’s Hour in an attempt to boost public morale. The government’s Children’s Overseas Reception Board also evacuated over 2,600 children to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. ![]() The young princesses were two of over three million people-mainly children-who left cities for the safety of small towns and the countryside over the course of the war. They were sent to Windsor Castle, approximately 20 miles outside of London. Like many children living in London, Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret were evacuated to avoid the dangers of bombing raids. Princess Elizabeth was just 13 years old when war broke out on September 3, 1939. ![]()
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