Princess Alexandra is celebrating just months before turning 90

Princess Alexandra has become a great grandmother for the first
time.

Her granddaughter, Flora Vesterberg, welcomed her first child
just days ago, She and her husband. Timothy Vesterberg, revealed
the arrival of their daughter on Instagram.

The baby girl, who is 62nd in line to the throne, was born on
July 8th 2026 with her parents sharing their happy news on July
11th after mum and daughter had had a few days to recover.

Proud parents Flora and Timothy also shared a photo of their
little girl who was dressed in bright white with blue trim – blue
was the tradition colour for girls for centuries.

Flora is the daughter of James Ogilvy, the only son of Princess
Alexandra and her late husband, Sir Angus Ogilvy.

Flora, 31, announced her pregnancy earlier this year and was
last seen at the wedding celebrations of her cousin, Lady Marina
Windsor, at Hovingham Hall just weeks before the birth of the new
baby.

The littlest member of the extended Royal Family has been named
Isabel Marina, with her parents explaining their choices as they
shared their happy news.

Flora said that her daughter’s name means ”of the sea’ where she
added ”we always feel most at peace”.

And she acknowledged the royal link in the choice. Marina was
the name of Flora’s great grandmother who she never met.

Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark married George, Duke of
Kent in 1934 and they had three children together: Edward, the
current Duke of Kent, born in 1935 and Prince Michael of Kent, born
in 1942, as well as their only daughter, Princess Alexandra, who
was bornin 1936 on Christmas Day, and a fortnight after the
Abdication of King Edward VIII.

Princess Marina was one of the most popular members of the Royal
Family until her death in 1968.

Isabel, which means ‘God is my oath’, is becoming a popular name
in the Royal Family. Lord Frederick Windsor and his wife, Sophie,
called their second daughter, Isabella. The name and its variants
was rarely used for centuries but in the Middle Ages, Isabel was
one of the most poplar royal names with several Queens of England
using a form of it.

Queen Isabella was the wife of King John while Edward II also
married a French princess with the name. His wife, Queen Isabella,
became known to history as the ‘She Wolf of France’ after she
masterminded a plot to depose her hugely unpopular husband. Perhaps
the most unfortunate was Isabelle of Valois who was married to King
Richard II at the age of just six and who was kept closely guarded
after he was deposed in 1399. She later returned to France but died
young. Her sister, Katherine of Valois, married Henry V and, after
his death, she wed Owen Tudor. Their grandson became King Henry VII
and Charles III, as well as Flora Vesterberg, is directly descended
from them.

Flora and Timothy Vesterberg are now at home with their new
daughter.