APRIL 21, 1926
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She was not born to be Queen. The princess was, after all, only third in line to the throne, after uncle David and her father. David was bound to marry and have children of his own. She would be pushed down the line.
Even so, when Princess Elizabeth was born at home in London’s Mayfair by Caesarean section at 2.40am on April 21, 1926, the British home secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, had to be present. He was witnessing her legitimacy.
Her parents, the Duke and Duchess of York – Bertie, George V’s second son, and the former Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon – were immediately besotted.