February 8, 1937
The Duke of Kent registered the birth of his second child today, reports the Associated Press. The registration noted the infant princess's full names: Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel. The infant, born on Christmas Day, will be baptised tomorrow.
She was named Alexandra for her great-grandmother, the consort of Edward VII; Helen is for her maternal grandmother, the former Grand Duchess Helen of Russia; Elizabeth is for her aunt, Queen Elizabeth, the wife of George VI; Olga is for her mother's oldest sister, Princess Paul of Yugoslavia; and Christabel, recalls "her birth on Christmas Day."
Princess Alexandra ranks as the "eight lady in the land," following Queen Elizabeth; her grandmother, Queen Mary; her cousins, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose; her mother, the Duchess of Kent; and her aunts, the Princess Royal and the Duchess of Gloucester.
She is sixth in the line of succession.
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