Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on April 21, 1926 in London England to the second son of George V - Albert, Duke of York and the Duchess of York, the former Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Her sister Princess Margaret was born 4 years later. In 1936 when she was 10 her uncle King Edward VIII (aka Duke of Windsor) caused a stir by abdicating the throne to marry a twice divorced American named Wallis Warfield Simpson. His brother Albert was next in line to the throne and he became George ...[Read Story]