A PRINCESS IS BORN THE EARLY YEARS OF LILIBET — THE HAPPY BABY WHO GREW UP TO BECOME QUEEN

The royal parents wanted Elizabeth to have as normal an upbringing as possible

Nobody could have foreseen that Princess Elizabeth would become our longest-reigning monarch

When she was born on 21 April 1926, in Bruton Street, London, nobody could have foreseen that the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York would become our longest-reigning monarch.

Christened Elizabeth