5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother is commonly listed at 5 ft 2 in (157 cm).
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) is a little below average for a US woman: about 28 in 100 US women are shorter.
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother is one of the shorter royals we have heights for: William, Prince of Wales (6 ft 3 in) stands 1 ft 1 in (33.5 cm) taller and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (5 ft 1 in) is 1 in (2 cm) shorter.
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Photo: Richard Stone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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