28 APRIL 1926 ‘THE NEW ROYAL BABY’ The Nursery World magazine was in its own infancy when Elizabeth was born.
In its first few decades especially, high society and the Royal family often featured in the weekly magazine’s pages, which at that time was widely read by nannies and their wealthy, upper-class families.
Writing to welcome the news of ‘The New Royal Baby’ in the issue of Wednesday, 28 April 1926, the ‘Editress’ said, ‘For a good many weeks now, wherever two or three women have gathered for tea or gossip, the health of H.R.H. the Duchess
of York – to whom most people refer as “The Little Duchess” – has been discussed. And now
the firstborn has arrived the prospects of the baby and the daily progress of the happy young mother are the subjects of good wishes on every side.’
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