<\/p>\n
In April 1926, the papers were filled with royal news as the
\ncountdown to the arrival of a new prince or princess entered its
\nfinal stages. The Duke and Duchess of York, who would later become
\nKing George VI and Queen Elizabeth, were expecting their first
\nchild. The much anticipated baby would be third in line to the
\nthrone but a life of obscurity, as a monarch\u2019s cousin, appeared to
\nawait. History had other ideas. Royal Central looks back at the
\ncountdown to the birth of the baby who would grow up to be Queen
\nElizabeth II.<\/p>\n
The Prince of Wales occupied many minds on April 8 1926. The new The issue, the paper said, was that \u201dno member of the Royal The routine of the year ground on and The Manchester Evening At the very end of the report, and showing that some things In the end, King George V went along to the match on April 24 to All roads led to the royal baby in April 1926 and many papers, Albert and Elizabeth had been living in a rented property since In its London Gossip column, on April 8, it wrote that whispers And so one of the first mentions of the baby as a Sovereign <\/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, the papers were filled with royal news as the countdown to the arrival of a new prince or princess entered its final stages. The Duke and Duchess of York, who would later become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, were expecting their first child. The much anticipated baby would be third in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2363719,"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-2363718","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-prince-who-needed-somewhere-to-stay-was-big-royal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363718","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=2363718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2363720,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363718\/revisions\/2363720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2363719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nroyal baby was still thought to be about a month off arriving and
\nso attention turned to their most famous royal uncle. Edward, then
\n32 and the most famous heir to a throne in the world, had been
\nunwell, suffering from the flu which had led to an ear infection
\nthat ended up requiring minor surgery. Now, the Sheffield Daily
\nTelegraph<\/em> reported, he had been told to get some sea air. The
\nonly problem was that he couldn\u2019t find anywhere suitable to
\nstay.<\/p>\n
\nFamily could lend him a seaside house.\u201d<\/em> It went on to list a
\nnumber of properties and their problems, including Sandringham
\nwhich \u201dhas an inland climate\u201d<\/em> but came closer to the real
\nissue when it noted that \u201dCarisbrooke Castle, the official home
\nof Princess Beatrice, in the Isle of Wight, is nearer the sea than
\nany other Royal residence but the Prince has no desire to stay
\nthere.\u201d<\/em> Edward already preferred the headier climes of the
\ncontinent and a long weekend with Great Aunt Beatrice on the Isle
\nof Wight couldn\u2019t come close.<\/p>\nFootball crazy<\/h2>\n
\nNews<\/em> was particularly interested in the upcoming FA Cup Final
\nwhere Manchester City were set to take on Bolton Wanderers. Showing
\nit had its priorities straight, its latest in depth report started
\nwith news of the pitch condition (\u201dalmost perfect\u201d)<\/em> before
\nlooking at the issue of ticket touts and what could be done to stop
\nthem ripping off fans desperate to see their team play.<\/p>\n
\nnever change, was a discreet line which read \u201d we are not yet
\nin a position to say whether any member of the Royal Family will be
\nthere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\ncheer on both teams and present the Cup. The Manchester Evening
\nNews was less thrilled with the result \u2013 Bolton won 1-0.<\/p>\nA hint of history<\/h2>\n
\nincluding The Scotsman<\/em>, covered the news that King George
\nV and Queen Mary had been to call on the expectant parents, the
\nDuke and Duchess of York, at their new home at Bruton Street. The
\ncouple had moved there on April 6, straight after their Easter
\nbreak. The house was the London home of the duchess\u2019 parents, the
\nEarl and Countess of Strathmore. However, the Lincolnshire
\nEcho<\/em>, suggested another reason for its choice.<\/p>\n
\ntheir marriage in 1923. The Duke of York was second in line to the
\nthrone but not expected to succeed as his older and very glamourous
\nbrother, Edward, Prince of Wales, was the most eligible bachelor
\naround and destined to marry and provide a line of kings to follow
\nhim when he took the throne in time. And so the royal baby was good
\nnews but not really considered a future monarch. Enter The
\nEcho.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nwere that Albert and Elizabeth had had to move. It reported that
\n\u201dit is said that the idea that a possible Sovereign might be
\nborn in house temporarily rented was not liked in certain
\nquarters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nappeared, just days before their birth. In the end Albert did
\nsucceed to the throne when his brother, Edward, abdicated to marry
\nWallis Simpson. By then, the royal baby of 1926 was a ten year old
\nprincess who became heir to the throne and who, in 1952, ascended
\nas Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning Monarch in British
\nhistory.<\/p>\n