Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926.
From the moment of her birth, she was known as Princess Elizabeth, third in line for the throne of England.
No one thought she would ever sit on the throne, until her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated the throne in 1936.
Elizabeth’s father became King George VI, and she suddenly became the heir to the throne, and the future recipient of impressive royal powers.
Still, despite the pressures of growing up royal, Elizabeth had a mostly normal childhood alongside her sister, Princess Margaret.
She even had an adorable childhood nickname, with an equally cute backstory.
When Elizabeth was a very little girl learning to talk, she struggled with one word in particular: her own lengthy name!
Because of that, she gave herself a cute nickname, which her family quickly picked up.
Elizabeth has been in the spotlight for so long that many people don’t realize that, to this day, nobody in her family actually calls her by her real name.
Scroll through below to learn the Queen’s sweet lifelong nickname!