Thursday, April 15, 2010

Duchess of York cancels all engagements




April 15, 1930

The "expectation of another heir in the royal family is intimated in an official statement today" from the office of the Duke of York.

The Duchess of York, 29, has canceled all of her forthcoming engagements and will not be undertaking "further functions during the Summer," reports the New York Times.

The former Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married the Duke of York, the second son of George V, in April 1923. Their only child, Princess Elizabeth, will celebrate her fourth birthday on April 21.

The little Princess is third in line to the throne after her uncle, the Prince of Wales, and her father.

King George V and Queen Mary have two other grandchildren, George, Viscount Lascelles, 7, and six-year-old Gerald Lascelles, the two sons of Princess Mary.

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