"When Britain entered the Second World War in September 1939, Elizabeth was only fourteen years old.
The long-serving British Conservative politician, Douglass Hogg, the Viscount Hailsham, had recently retired from government, but still had the ear of those at the top of British society.
He suggested to the Royal Family that the young Elizabeth and her sister Margaret should be evacuated to Canada, but the princess’ mother replied in no uncertain terms.
“The children won’t go without me,” she said, “I won’t leave without the King, and the King will never leave.”It was settled.
The British Royal family would stay in their country.
....Still at the young age of fourteen, the Princess Elizabeth made her first public radio broadcast, on the long-running BBC radio programme Children’s Hour.
She spoke with feeling directly to the many children and young people who had been separated from their families during the evacuations which had begun in September 1939.
She appealed to their courage and to their determination, telling them to stay strong and to stay hopeful.
She expressed a belief that, eventually, peace would come again.
“When peace comes,” she said, “remember, it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place...”"
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