Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aren’t the primary within the Royal Family to half with tradition.
Long earlier than the pair selected to not take images with their new baby exterior of the hospital steps or stepped down from royal duties all collectively, Queen Elizabeth II was breaking royal traditions of her personal.
Over 70 years in the past when her first little one, Prince Charles, was born, the monarch determined to interrupt an “historical” royal tradition.
Before then, girls within the monarchy could not give birth in personal, however a brand new royal documentary titled A Very Royal Baby: From Cradle to Crown, revealed that there was a change in that tradition beginning with the Queen.
Queen Elizabeth II parted methods with the ‘historical’ tradition when she had her kids
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As per the royal tradition, the Home Secretary needed to be current on the time of births of royal kids to “validate” that they have been members of the Royal Family, documentary consultants stated.
Then Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks was current on the Queen’s birth in 1926 in line with the tradition.
Royal creator Ingrid Seward stated: “The Home Secretary needed to attend the birth as a result of in these days, the Home Secretary needed to validate it was certainly a Royal little one.”
Historian Dr Onyeka Nubia added: “This was completely essential as a result of the Queen Mother’s physique was owned by the state, and the kid was additionally owned by the state.”
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However, the final time this is able to occur was in 1936 on the birth of the Queen’s cousin, Princess Alexandra.
The customized resulted in 1948 previous to the birth of Prince Charles, with the documentary stating that the Queen “scrapped” the traditional tradition when she gave birth to her first little one in Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth II strolling by way of Windsor Great Park with Prince Charles
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Today, most of the Royals give birth on the well-known Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, West London – with out the Home Secretary current.
This is the place each Princess Diana and Kate Middleton gave birth, while Meghan Markle gave birth in The Portland Hospital.
