<\/p>\n
In April 1926, all royal news was looking forward to one event
\nand one event only and it would change history. Papers and
\nmagazines were filled with stories of the Royal Family, especially
\nthe Duke and Duchess of York who were expecting their first child
\nimminently. And although Buckingham Palace had never made a formal
\nannouncement about the arrival of a third grandchild for King
\nGeorge V and Queen Mary, as April 1926 wore on, the chatter was
\nhard to ignore. In fact, it had started something of a rather
\nfamiliar debate.<\/p>\n
Of course, we all know that the baby which would be born in
\nApril 1926 was a girl who went on to become the longest reigning
\nMonarch in British history. Back on April 7 1926, the expected
\narrival was the first child of the second in line to the throne, a
\nbaby who everyone already confidently believed would be shuffled
\ndown the line of succession rather rapidly when the heir to the
\nthrone married and had a family of their own. And so attention
\nturned to the baby\u2019s title. It was of far more interest to readers
\nthan any chatter about what Albert and Elizabeth, later King George
\nVI and Queen Elizabeth, would call their child.<\/p>\n
The Yorkshire Evening Post thoroughly enjoyed itself on the However, the paper had a decisive answer for its readers, There was one more comment that history would prove to be wrong. Despite the lack of expectation that this royal baby would ever On April 6, the parents to be, the Duke and Duchess of York, had Every detail of the preparation for the royal baby mattered. The For those who needed more of a royal fix, a new book was about The story behind the book was a fascinating one. The paper Kathleen had been given \u201dentree to the royal homes in It appears the new royal biographer had risen to the challenge You can find out if Kathleen rewrote to include news of the new <\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source royalcentral.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In April 1926, all royal news was looking forward to one event and one event only and it would change history. Papers and magazines were filled with stories of the Royal Family, especially the Duke and Duchess of York who were expecting their first child imminently. And although Buckingham Palace had never made a formal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2362903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2362902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-royal-baby-a-title-and-a-big-question.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2362904,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362902\/revisions\/2362904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nevening of April 7 as it mulled over the ongoing discussion. It
\nnoted that \u201ddiscussion concerning the title to be borne by the
\nchild of the Duke and Duchess of York is prevalent. There are those
\nwho contend that if a boy is born, he will be called the Earl of
\nInverness, that being the second peerage held by the Duke of York
\nwhile a girl would bear the courtesy title of \u201dlady\u201d.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n
\ndeclaring that any assumption that the child would be styled as the
\nson or daughter of a duke was \u201dincorrect\u201d<\/em> and it explained
\nwhy. The paper continued \u201dwhen the King reduced the number of
\nmembers of the Royal Family, he decreed that the children of the
\nSovereign\u2019s sons shall be princes and princesses.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFor the paper said that \u201dthe grandchildren of the Duke of
\nYork\u2026.will not be Princes or Princesses\u201d<\/em>. It just goes to show
\nhow little expectation there was, in April 1926, that the imminent
\nroyal baby would ever rule. In the end, the baby was a girl, born
\non April 21, and a Princess from birth until her accession as Queen
\nElizabeth II in 1952. And the first grandchild of the Duke of York
\nof 1926 became a king himself and now reigns as Charles III.<\/p>\nA new home for the royal baby<\/h2>\n
\nreign, their arrival was causing plenty of excitement. The
\nDaily Express<\/em> was one of many papers on April 7 1926 to
\nreport about the brand new home that the little one would
\noccupy.<\/p>\n
\narrived back from their Easter break and were now safely installed
\nin 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, the home of the duchess\u2019 parents, the
\nEarl and Countess of Strathmore. And it seemed their moving day was
\nsomething of a spectacle as the paper noted that \u201da large
\nnumber of bystanders watched with interest dozens of suit cases,
\ntrunks and boxes being carried into the house. The articles
\nincluded a wireless set and a square frame aerial.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\npaper also reported that \u201dthe exterior of the house has been
\nfreshly painted a faint pearl grey\u201d<\/em> and added that the choice
\nof nursery had already been made with the Duchess of York selecting
\n\u201dthe room at the back of the house which she used as a child,
\nout of the hum of the traffic\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nBehind Palace Doors<\/h2>\n
\nto hit the shelves. The Birmingham Daily Gazette<\/em> was one
\nof a number of papers that day to tell the story of Kathleen
\nWoodward, a former factory worker who had just got royal sign off
\non her authorised biography of Queen Mary.<\/p>\n
\nreports that Kathleen had written to Queen Mary after seeing her in
\nperson for the first time in 1925 and telling her that her own tale
\nwas unknown to the wider public and then asking if she could write
\nit. The paper said \u201dto the writer\u2019s joy\u2026Queen Mary accepted the
\nsuggestion\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEngland and Scotland, and personal introduction to all those in
\nhigh places<\/em> who could assist her in her task.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nwith the newspaper writing \u2018\u2018she has interviewed statesmen,
\ndiplomats, ladies in waiting, equerries, courtiers, housekeepers,
\ndressers and serving m<\/em>en\u201d with Queen Mary reading the final
\nresult and giving her blessing.<\/p>\n
\nroyal arrival \u2013 her book is still listed as available to buy.<\/p>\n