{"id":226,"date":"2011-07-17T10:54:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T10:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2024-09-08T16:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T16:23:00","slug":"royal-connections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=226","title":{"rendered":"Royal connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/princess-margaret-ta-church.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-250\" title=\"princess margaret at uplowman church\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/princess-margaret-ta-church-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"princess margaret at uplowman church\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/princess-margaret-ta-church-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/princess-margaret-ta-church-1024x619.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/princess-margaret-ta-church-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/princess-margaret-ta-church.jpg 1531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Uplowman House was bought by Denys Rhodes and the Honourable Margaret Elphinstone (youngest daughter of the 16<sup>th<\/sup> Lord Elphinstone) shortly after World War 2.<\/p>\n<p>On 27 September 1953 Victoria Rhodes was born and christened in December at St Peter\u2019s Church at Uplowman at which HM The Queen was represented by the Honourable Mrs Wills.\u00a0 Notably, Victoria is one of only 30 godchildren of the Queen.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria\u2019s mother is a first cousin of HM The Queen who was a bridesmaid to HRH Princess Elizabeth in 1947, and was later a Lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1991 to 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria\u2019s sister, Annabel Rhodes, is a godchild of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.\u00a0 Her brother, Simon Rhodes, is a godchild of HRH Princess Margaret.<\/p>\n<p>In 1957 when Simon was born he was also christened at Uplowman church and Princess Margaret attended as reported in the Tiverton Gazette.<\/p>\n<p>In 1959 the Queen attended morning service at Uplowman church as reported in the Tiverton Gazette and the article reproduced below with the photograph of the Queen (click to enlarge).<\/p>\n<p>Hon Margaret Rhodes wrote a book covering her stay at Uplowman and visits by the Royal family. An extract from the book can be viewed here and makes interesting reading.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hon Rhodes recollections on Uplowman House and Royal visits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=928\">link to book extract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Queen-at-uplowman-church-ver-21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-358\" title=\"Queen at Uplowman church 1959 full\" src=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Queen-at-uplowman-church-ver-21.jpg\" alt=\"Queen at Uplowman church 1959 full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uplowman House was bought by Denys Rhodes and the Honourable Margaret Elphinstone (youngest daughter of the 16th Lord Elphinstone) shortly after World War 2. On 27 September 1953 Victoria Rhodes was born and christened in December at St Peter\u2019s Church at Uplowman at which HM The Queen was represented by the Honourable Mrs Wills.\u00a0 Notably, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Royal connections - Uplowman History<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=226\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Royal connections - Uplowman History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Uplowman House was bought by Denys Rhodes and the Honourable Margaret Elphinstone (youngest daughter of the 16th Lord Elphinstone) shortly after World War 2. 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