It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THE late Queen Mother had close links with Gibside and used to visit the estate with her father in the early 1900s when it was no longer ...

The queen mum enjoyed summer picnics in one of the North East's most beautiful gardens. The young Elizabeth visited Gibside in Rowlands Gill, Derwentside for days out with her father, the 14th ...

“It makes sense that Kate wore the Queen Mother’s tiara when she married Prince William – both women share a great deal, Durham ancestry, the vast Gibside Estate and the same famous cabinet ...

Throughout most of her century-plus life, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother – or just simply the Queen Mother – was regarded affectionately as the matriarch of the British Royal Family.