The Royal Family welcomes a new member as Princess Eugenie is born
This week in 1990, it was announced that the Duchess of York had given birth to a daughter at the Portland Hospital in London. She was the second child of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York, and sixth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
On March 30,seven days after the birth, it was announced that the Duke and Duchess of York had named the baby Eugenie Victoria Helena.
Meanwhile, members of the Royal Family came under attack by Iraq’s state-run television service in an escalation of the war of words over the hanging of Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft.
One allegation by the TV announcer was that Princess Diana was a “playgirl” whom Prince Charles had married even though he knew that she had many lovers before him.
Another Royal, Princess Anne, suggested English sports teams might get greater inspiration from Land of Hope and Glory rather than God Save The Queen.
The Princess Royal said she got the idea after watching a recent rugby international at Murrayfield, when Scotland, backed by a singing crowd, ran out 13-7 winners over England. The home supporters sang Flower of Scotland, while England sang God Save The Queen.
In other news, a surprisingly relaxed Chancellor of the Exchequer went some way towards calming Tory jitters as he introduced a middleof-the-road Budget package aimed at stifling inflation and encouraging savers.
However, he warned that the economy was set to worsen over the short term, with inflation rising from 7.7 per cent to at least nine per cent before dropping back to about seven per cent towards the end of the year.
John Major, who took several interruptions in his stride, and was even prepared to swap jokes with Labour leader Neil Kinnock in the course of his speech, produced a Budget with much to attract women voters, the Green movement, football fans and the thrifty.
He announced the abolition of a tax on workplace nurseries, a further move to make unleaded petrol cheaper than leaded, help in the modernisation of football grounds and a new tax-exempt savings account for adults.