At 84, Queen Elizabeth has become the first reigning monarch in over 100 years to become a great grandmother after Autumn Phillips, the wife of the Queen’s eldest grandson Peter, gave birth earlier today.
Buckingham Palace earlier announced that “The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Autumn’s family have been informed and are delighted with the news.”
Peter and Autumn Phillips have been living in Hong Kong since they were married at Windsor Castle in 2008, with Peter working for a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland over there. They were back in the UK for the Queen’s pre-Christmas family lunch at Buckingham Palace.
The couple announced they were expecting their first child back in July, although the new Royal has yet to be officially named. Whatever she is named, she will become 12th in line for the throne moving the newly engaged Zara Phillips into 13th place in the royal list.
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First in line for the thrown? :) I think you mean the throne. :)
Oops I meant twelfth in line. But I’m not getting paid to write this. :) Congrats to the new parents though.
Um in line for the throne, not thrown, surely!
Ooops, blooming speil-chuckers. Thanks for noticing it, now corrected.