We Loved These Amazing Photos Of Lilibet Diana's Namesakes

With a new royal baby named after her grandmother, Diana, and great-grandmother, Lilibet, we look at their namesakes as children.

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Pia Peterson
by Pia Peterson

BuzzFeed News Photo Editor

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Future King and Queen, George, Duke of York, and Elizabeth, Duchess of York, holding their first child, future Monarch Princess Elizabeth, at her christening ceremony.

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A young Lady Diana Spencer in her baby carriage at Park House, Sandringham in Norfolk in 1963.

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Britain's Princess Elizabeth is pictured in her baby carriage for her first outing on Oct. 9, 1926.

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Lady Diana Frances Spencer, later Princess of Wales, at age 2.

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The young Princess Elizabeth, later to reign as Queen Elizabeth II, in 1928.

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Lady Diana Spencer with her brother Charles at their home in Berkshire in 1968.

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The Duke and Duchess of York with their daughter Princess Elizabeth immediately after their return from Australia in 1927.

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The young Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) at age 3.

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Lady Diana Spencer in 1969.

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H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth, circa 1929, at about 3 years old.

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A young Lady Diana Spencer circa 1965.

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The Duchess of York (later the Queen Mother) with the two princesses Margaret Rose and Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II).

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Lady Diana Frances Spencer playing with her brother Charles when she was 6 years old.

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Princess Elizabeth riding her pony in Windsor Great Park in the 1930s.

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Lady Diana Spencer in 1970.

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Prince Edward and Princess Elizabeth returning from Crathie Kirk church in Scotland in June 1933.

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Lady Diana Spencer, the future Princess of Wales, during a summer holiday in 1971 in Itchenor, West Sussex in Britain.

Correction: The location and name of Crathie Kirk church were misstated in an earlier version of this post.



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