The Queen most cherished relatives.At the time of her birth, the Princess was sixth in line to the throne, behind her cousins, the then-Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and her older brother, Prince Edward.Due to her close connections to the Crown, Princess Alexandra, 84, often deputised for The Queen, who came to the throne in 1952, following the death of her father.Princess Alexandra would often travel across the world, standing in for the monarch, meeting foreign dignitaries as well as meeting members of the public during what is now billed as "walkabouts".While many believe that the late Diana, Princess of Wales was the first member of The Royal Family to carry out such engagements, Royal biographer Hugo Vickers appears to have.
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