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Following my wikipedia box posted here, #1423, I have thought about carrying it on into a small timeline.

Birth, naming and Childhood
Prince Edward George Albert Frederick Arthur Christian Francis of York, was born at 20 minutes to three in the morning on 21 April 1926, during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King George V, the second grandchild and third in line of the throne, behind, his uncle Edward, Prince of wales and his father, Prince Albert, Duke of York, who was the second son of King George V.
His mother, Elizabeth, Duchess of York, was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Edward was delivered by Cesarean section at his maternal grandfather's London house, 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair and was baptized by the Anglican Archbishop of York, Cosmo Gordon Lang, in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on 29 May, and named Edward after his great-grandfather Edward VII, George after his grandfather George V, Albert after his father, Christian after his grandmother Alexandra of Denmark's father Christian IX of Denmark and Francis after his maternal grandfather, Francis, Duke of Teck.

Nicknamed "Eddie" by his close family, to different him from his uncle and based on what he called himself at first, and he was cherished by his grandfather George V, and during the King's serious illness in 1929, the young prince's regular visits were credited in the popular press and by later biographers with raising his spirits and aiding his recovery.

Edward's only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930. The two young royals were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford, who was casually known as "Crawfie".
Lessons concentrated on history, language, literature and music. Crawford would later publish a biography of Edward and Margaret's childhood years entitled The Little Royals in 1950, much to the dismay of the royal family. The book describes Edward's love of horses and dogs, his orderliness, and his attitude of responsibility. Others echoed such observations: Winston Churchill described Edward when he was two as "a character. He has an air of authority and effectiveness astonishing in an infant." His cousin Margaret Rhodes described him as "a jolly little boy, but fundamentally sensible and well-behaved".
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