The Archive · 1926

A Princess of England

The child is a Princesy of the United Kingdem—not of the British Empire, and there is no Duchy of York of which she can possibly be a Princess, Her father's title is a dukedom, and not a duchy, where lies a world of difference. It will interesting to see what arms and] coronet are assigned to the child, As the grandchild of the Sovereign she should have a "label of five points" like her three great aunts, instead of the more usual label of three points like her father and aunt and uncles.

Although the Duchecs of York!

daughter of a Scottish peer, she has a considerable amount of English blood in her veins, as her first surname "Bowery" indicates, and, curiously enough, she is _herself descended from the first Duke of York there ever was—Edmund of Langley, a son of King Edward Tt is hoped that the Princess wil be cated "Elizabeth" as the tific will be very popular.—Princess Klizabeth before she ascended the Throne as Queen Elizvbeth way great favourite with Londoners.

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