A legal bubble at birthSourced
A royal birth needed
a temporary legal space.
The Dutch royal family was in exile in Canada during World War II. To avoid a succession problem, Canada arranged temporary extraterritorial status at the place and time Princess Juliana gave birth. Princess Margriet was born in Ottawa in 1943.
The exception existed
for one extraordinary arrival.
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