Born. To Crown Princess Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina of The Netherlands, 37, and Prince Bernhard, 35: their fourth child, fourth daughter (the others: Beatrix, 9, Irene, 7, Margriet, 4); at Soestdijk Palace, The Netherlands. Weight: 6 Ibs. 10 oz. Daughter's birth rated a 51-gun salute, a quarter-hour's pealing of church bells (a son—who would have been the first male heir to the throne in 62 years—would rate 101 guns, a half-hour's bell-ringing).
Married. Mary Spencer Churchill, 24, pretty, apple-cheeked, youngest daughter of Winston; to Captain Christopher Soames, 26, Coldstream Guardsman, assistant military...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
