Princess Alexandra of Wales (Alexandra Mary Elizabeth; born 21 June 1982), is a member of the British Royal Family. She is the only daughter of Charles, The Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales. As the eldest child of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, she is second in line to the throne behind her father.
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Born Princess Alexandra of Wales
21 June 1982 (age 12)
St Mary's Hospital, London
England, United Kingdom
Names Alexandra Mary Elizabeth
House Windsor
Father Charles, Prince of Wales
Mother Diana Spencer
Early life
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Princess Alexandra was born in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, on the 21 June 1982 as the eldest child and only daughter of Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, during the reign of her paternal grandmother Elizabeth II. She is the older twin sister of Prince William of Wales becoming the first set of royal twins born into the British Royal Family since the 15th Century. Buckingham Palace announced her name – Alexandra Mary Elizabeth – on 28 June.
Alexandra was christened in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, on 4 August, coinciding with the 82nd birthday of her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Alexandra and William were the first children born to a Prince and Princess of Wales since Prince John was born to Prince George and Princess Mary (later King George V and Queen Mary) in July 1905.
When she was nine months old, Alexandra accompanied her parents on their 1983 tour of Australia and New Zealand, as her first trip overseas alongside her twin brother. It also marked the first time that a royal baby was taken on an overseas tour. Her younger brother, Prince Harry, was born in September 1984. The three of them were raised at Kensington Palace in London, and Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.
On the 23 July 1986, Alexandra served as a bridesmaid at the wedding of her uncle Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson. In September 1986, Alexandra along with her brother, William, started attending Jane Mynors' Nursery School. In 1990, Alexandra began attending Coworth Park School, this marked the first time that she was separated from her twin brother for educational purposes.
In 1992, The Prince and Princess of Wales announced their separation. In 1994, it was announced by Buckingham Palace that the Prince and Princess of Wales had been advised to divorce after a turbulent time between the couple.
Change in status
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Alexandra became second in line to the throne on the 15 September 1982 by the Act of Succession 1981 in accordance with the Perth Agreement. This constitutional amendment introduced absolute primogeniture, meaning that the throne would be inherited by the monarch's eldest child regardless of gender. Alexandra had been briefly second in line to the throne upon her birth but had been displaced by the birth of her younger twin brother William who was born four minutes after her.
The first people in the line of succession to be affected by the changes on the date they came into force were the children of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Alexandra and Prince William, who were reversed in the order of succession becoming 2nd and 3rd in line respectively.
Title and styles
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Alexandra is a British Princess with the official style and title "Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Wales". Upon the accession of her father, it is possible that Alexandra will become the first Princess of Wales to outright hold the title in her own right rather than as consort to the Prince of Wales.
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