According to a royal expert, Queen Elizabeth never wanted to inherit the British throne and \u2018prayed\u2019 for a baby brother as a young princess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Royal biographer Ian Lloyd claims in his book The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II that the now-96-year-old monarch wished a sibling so that a male heir to the throne could follow her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was thought that not only Elizabeth, but also the Queen Mother, wished for a son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Queen Mother hoped for a boy, and the young Elizabeth prayed for a brother \u2013 then she wouldn\u2019t have to be Queen,\u201d Lloyd writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMargaret Rhodes (the Queen\u2019s first cousin) recounted that following the 1936 abdication, which resulted in Elizabeth becoming heiress presumptive, Princess Elizabeth prayed earnestly for a brother to replace her in the line of succession,\u201d the author wrote in his book. Of course, she\u2019d never had one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite this, Elizabeth refused to compromise on the monarchy until she ascended to the throne and became Queen, and she is currently the British monarch with the longest reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the age of 25, Elizabeth was crowned Queen on June 2, 1953, a year after her father, King George VI, died, and she took the throne on February 6, 1952.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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