{"id":24909,"date":"2021-11-20T07:17:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T07:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=24909"},"modified":"2021-11-20T07:17:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T07:17:46","slug":"too-chubby-a-doll-depicting-queen-elizabeth-as-a-child-will-be-sold-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=24909","title":{"rendered":"Too chubby \u201d: a doll depicting Queen Elizabeth as a child will be sold at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;Princess Elizabeth&#8221; doll, created in the image of Queen Elizabeth II when she was three years old, will be sold at auction. According to media reports, Elizabeth&#8217;s mother disliked the toy because it was &#8220;too chubby.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine , Ukraingate , 20 , November , 2021 , International News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is known that the doll &#8220;Princess Elizabeth&#8221; was created by German manufacturers Schoenau &amp; Hoffmeister. The toy was supposed to depict Queen Elizabeth when she was a child, and the image was taken from her previous photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, this doll was not approved by the royal family. In particular, the Queen Mother, Lady Elizabeth Bose-Lyon, did not like the doll because it was &#8220;too chubby&#8221;. In the end, it was never released into mass circulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The doll is sold with the original label as part of a collection of about 500 toys. The owner of the dolls Betty Fox from Nottinghamshire died in 2019 at the age of 95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collectors have estimated her doll collection at between \u00a3 40,000 and \u00a3 60,000. The &#8220;Princess Elizabeth&#8221; doll costs, according to experts, from 500 to 800 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Betty Fox&#8217;s collection consists mainly of German and French porcelain dolls, which the mother of four has been collecting all her life. Now they plan to sell them as part of a three-day online auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Ukrgate<br>Read more : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=12095\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12095\">Zara Collaborates With Barbie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=20357\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"20357\">Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Asked to Meet With Elizabeth II<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Princess Elizabeth&#8221; doll, created in the image of Queen Elizabeth II when she was three years old, will be sold at auction. According to media reports, Elizabeth&#8217;s mother disliked the toy because it was &#8220;too chubby.&#8221; Ukraine , Ukraingate , 20 , November , 2021 , International News It is known that the doll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":24911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[9759,9757,9758],"class_list":["post-24909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international-news","tag-chubby","tag-doll","tag-queen-elizabeth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24912,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24909\/revisions\/24912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}