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Topical Budget 991-2: A Daughter for the 'Dainty Duchess' (1930)
 

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Announcement of the birth of a second daughter (Margaret Rose) to the Duke and Duchess of York. Close up of the Duchess of York, Elizabeth; shots of Scottish pipers marching through the village; cannon firing salutes outside the Tower of London and in Hyde Park and of a bonfire alight at night; the item ends with shots of the King, George V and the Duke of Kent in highland dress; the King and Queen driving away from Billater station in a closed car and finally a close up of the Duchess of York in an open car.