Witnessing a Royal Birth.
It was the dispute that followed the birth of the eldest son of King James 11. that led to the enacting of the law which requires one of the Secretaries of State to be present whenever there was a birth in the Royal Family. When the eldest son of King James was born the King’s enemies maintained that his heir was not the offspring of the Queen, but an infant that had been procured elsewhere for the purpose—a supposititious child, in fijct. Other foes of Kirtg-James claimed that the Queen had given birth to a girl, who had at once been exchanged for a boy, and these doubts contributed greatly to slacken the hold of the House of Stuart upon public affection. Since then a Cabinet Minister has always been present in the room when a Royal birth lias taken place, and the custom has been adopted at all the Continental Courts.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXVI, Issue 1323, 28 August 1894, Page 2
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