Royal ladies who gave birth over the age of 35
At the age of 37, the Queen gave birth to her youngest son Prince Edward – and broke royal tradition during his birth, too. Queen Elizabeth bucked protocol by having Prince Philip present during the birth of Prince Edward. It’s believed he held her hand during the birth, too. Queen Victoria had nine children between 1840 and 1857 – four boys and five girls, despite it being well known that she not only ‘dreaded’ childbirth but wasn’t particularly fond of her children either. Despite the era, Queen Victoria had her three youngest children after the age of 30, something that wasn’t common at the time – her youngest, Princess Beatrice, was born in 1857, when the Queen was 37. Following in her grandmother’s footsteps, Zara’s second daughter Lena was born just last June, when Zara had celebrated her 37th birthday. Zara and husband Mike also have another daughter, Mia, born in January 2014. Royal baby fever officially kicked off in 2013 when Kate gave birth to her and Prin