The Queen was too busy being the Queen to be a decent mother to Charles and Anne

Peter Morgan said the Queen was probably 'much more ready to be a mother' to Prince Andrew, born in 1960, and Prince Edward, born in 1964 than she was to the older two. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8968627/The-Queen-busy-Queen-decent-mother-Charles-Anne.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490