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.

Royal baby collage

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 Stamp

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 2026.