THE ROYAL BABY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 April 1926, Page 7

THE ROYAL BABY.

EXTRA EDITION.

IMPORTANCE OF THE EVENT

SUCCESSION QUESTION

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Received 11.15 a.m. to-day. LONDON, April 21

The fact that the Home Secretary was summoned to Brunton Street when the royal baby was expected illustrates the importance of the event from the point of view of the Home Office, as the .succession to the throne is the first in the male line, and at present the new princess is the only child born to a son or the reigning Sovereign. Her position can onlv be modified by an issue of the Prince of Wales or the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of \ork. Reuter.

A RENTED HOUSE.

THE, KING’S OBJECTION

■Received 10.30 a.ra. to-day. LONDON, April 21. The Duke und Duchess of York’ s baby was bom at 2.40 a.ra. at the residence or the mother’s parents. A society paragraphist says that when the King heard that the Duke and Duchess iof York proposed renting a West End house for accouchement, owing to the inconvenience of doctors and relatives journeying between London , anil> White Lodge. Richmond Park, Majesty strongly disapproved, expressing the wish that the child, which might ascend the throne, should not be borne in a hired house. Earl and Lady Strathmore immediately placed their town house at the disposal of the Duke and Duchess of York. —Sydney Sun Cable.