Royal babies in pictures, from 1899 to the present day
We take a look at the royal children of the past in the Country Life Archive.


For over 100 years Country Life has been celebrating the birth of royal babies. We take a stroll through the Country Life Archive to see how we celebrated the births of the royal babies of the past.
CLICK ON A DECADE TO VIEW THE ROYAL BABIES OF THE PAST
1980–1989 | 1970–1979 | 1960–1969
1950–1959 | 1940–1949 | 1930–1939
1920–1929 | 1910–1919 | 1900–1909 | Pre-1900
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Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.
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