Margaret Rhodes, the Queen s cousin, recalled that following the 1936 Abdication - which resulted in her becoming Heiress Presumptive - Princess Elizabeth had prayed hard for a brother.
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GYLES BRANDRETH: For her part it seems Elizabeth really had set her heart on Philip long before. Margaret Rhodes confirmed this: Princess Elizabeth was enamoured from an early age.