Was Kate's Baby From A Surrogate Mother?

It also remained unclear whether she was actually born in the back of a London ambulance or 

Another puzzle has been why the Queen Mother, born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela 

Royal and aristocratic circles had been alight for decades with the story that Elizabeth Bowes 

‘The two Benjamins, as they were known in the Bowes Lyon family (in a Biblical allusion to 

‘Hence the nickname of Cookie, which the Duke and Duchess of Windsor took care to 

Some people did know the truth surrounding the Queen Mother’s birth, chiefly her 

As King Edward VIII, David had access to all the information about Elizabeth’s secret which 

‘When he discovered, to his horror, that Elizabeth was actively scheming with his own 

‘The Duke of Windsor always maintained that he would never have revealed Elizabeth’s 

Once he knew this to be true, however, he felt justified in rumbling the sister-in-law who had a 

That’s why thereafter, Elizabeth was known as Cookie.

For those who asked, why she was being called by that nickname, there was always a 

It was important that aristocrats left a ‘spare heir or two’, and sometimes enlisted the aid of their domestic staff.

‘The grander the couple, the more likely that there was a serious problem, for great estates 
were entailed upon the title, meaning that a peer could not leave his property to whom he 
pleased.

‘The aristocracy was filled with horror stories about widows and daughters of great peers 
living in penury while some distant cousin was lording it over them.’

George VI allegedly took offence to the growing friendship between the young Princess 
Elizabeth and ‘Little Porchy’, who later became Lord Carnarvon. (father of Prince Andrew)

The King is alleged to have said: ‘Young Porchester is charming, but there is no possibility of 
my condoning a union between a daughter of mine and a butler’s son.’