Elizabeth Bowes Lyon was the first commoner to marry into the British Royal Family in centuries. How was this received by the extended family, the public, the court and foreign royalty?

by PrinceChocomel

And additional: If there were concerns about her ancestry, did these resurface when it became clear she'd be queen instead of just married to the spare.

tim_mcdaniel

? Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the daughter of Claude, the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (in the Scottish peerage), when she married Bertie.

(If I wanted to be a pedantic snot, I would also note that, in England, the only non-commoners are those who have a title in their own right, which is rare. A peer's wife, sons, and daughters are therefore almost always commoners, though they may have titled by courtesy.)