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For a long time, the anecdote did not please Elisabeth. Before he was born, his mother and grandmother had come to an agreement. If she is born on the day of the Queen of England’s coronation, they will give her her first name. Winning bet, the baby was born on June 2, 1953! From this circumstance which gave her beginning of life such a singular course, Elisabeth, with s, à la française, never derived any particular joy from it.