THE INFANT PRINCESS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1927, Page 21

THE INFANT PRINCESS

A BABY OF CONSIDERABLE 'IMPORTANCE The Princess Elizabeth, infant daughter of tho Duke and Duchess of York, is a baby of more importance than most babies in' tho ■/'.world. If the Prince of WalesMvcrb to die childless, and tho Duke of York had no sons, then tho Princess Elizabeth would succeed to the Throne. This would happen even if the King's younger sons, Prince Henry and Prince George, wore to marry and have children. As a baby, Queen Victoria was in much the same position as the Princess Elizabeth, except that five, lives then stood between the infant Princess Victoria and the Throne; to-day.' only three lives stand between the Princess Elizabeth and the Throne. And, like Queen Victoria, the Princess Elizabeth will be brought up in an establishment that is 'certainly not a big or a wealthy one. Since her birth, which took place at thi. London house of Lord Strathmore, the, Duchess's father, the Princess Elizabeth has passed most of her time at White Lodge, and a great deal of it in. the open air, surveying in her wakeful hours ;the beautiful uplands of Richmond Park." The tour of the Duke and Duchess of York separates the infant Princess from her parents for five or six months. It would have been impossible .for tho Duke and Duchess to have taken the Princess with them, and equally impossible for the Duchess io do what she so much desired to do—to remain at home to look after her baby. Duty compelled her to accompany tho Duke on the tour. c .■•;■.-

The Princess Elizabeth,.ho-iyiiver, is being very well looked after during the absence of her parents.' The Queen has charge of her, and the infant Princess' is being looked after with as much care and devotion as could, he. bestiowed ori: her by her own mother. Three nurses care for the Princess, and her lime will, as far as the weather permits, be spent in the open air.

In appearance the Princess is said to resemble her mother more than her father, especially since she began to smile. _ On the other hand, there are those in the Royal entourage who think the Princess has a decided likeness to Princess Mary.