Queen's 90th birthday: A reign that wasn't meant to be
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This picture was taken in 1933. Three years later her dad became king and Elizabeth discovered she would one day become queen
The Queen is 90, so some people are celebrating.
But she was never meant to be monarch.
She was born the daughter of the second son of King George V and it wasn't that much of a big deal.
'Normal and satisfactory'
The coverage was hardly overwhelming and a far cry from when royal babies are born today.
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A 16-page souvenir pull-out special wasn't a thing in 1926.
Princess Elizabeth being born, at the time, was the equivalent of Princess Beatrice being born in 1988. Who? When? Exactly.
She was the one in the memorable hat at the Royal Wedding in 2011.
Princess Beatrice is seventh in line to the throne
Elizabeth was born in a family home owned by her mother's parents.
There was no media circus around a hospital for days and no endless news coverage.
Where she was born is now a (posh) curry house
The place is now marked with a simple sign.
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The house was bombed in World War Two and it's now an Indian restaurant.
It was expected Elizabeth's uncle would be king and he would have children who would then inherit the throne.
See some of the biggest moments from the Queen's 90 years of life.
The 'remote' chance of her becoming Queen
But her uncle - Edward VIII - abdicated and her dad became king - you might remember that from The King's Speech.
However, there was one newspaper that was a bit optimistic about the newborn princess 90 years ago.
"The contingency is remote, in all human probability, but the very fact that it exists invests the little lady with a halo," was how a commentator for the Yorkshire Evening Post put it.
It was a remote chance, but it did happen.
And last year Elizabeth became the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
She's also broken a whole load of other records, despite human probability.
The 21 April is the day the Queen was actually born but it will be celebrated again in the summer.
She technically has two birthdays - one which is her actual one (Thursday) - and her official one, which is usually celebrated on the second Saturday in June.
But this year is a special year and she's having a lot of celebrations around it that include a performance from Jess Glynne.
There's no place she'd rather be.
Not everyone is happy about celebrating the Queen's birthday though, or the coverage it receives.
Republic, the campaign group to get rid of the monarchy, feel it's "out of touch".
"The Queen's birthday does not warrant this kind of coverage and the public just aren't that excited about the royals," said Graham Smith.
"When there are so many major events happening in the world, making the royal family the main headline story is unacceptable."
But one person who is celebrating is Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain.
She's been tasked with baking the Queen's cake and she's been telling Newsbeat all about it.
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