[post_page_title]Royals were born in a basement and a building site[/post_page_title]
In our mind’s eye, members of the Royal Family probably emerge into the world in sumptuous castles or palatial estates. For some royals, that couldn’t have been further from the truth. In the 13th century, for instance, the first wife of Edward I, Eleanor of Castile, gave birth in what was essentially a construction site.
We’re talking a miniscule, damp, and windowless den in what would one day be Caernarfon Castle in Wales, the site of Charles’s investiture as Prince of Wales. Not to be outdone, Edward IV’s consort Elizabeth Woodville gave birth in a basement in Westminster Abbey, after her husband was deposed and forced into exile.
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