The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the … James Wilby, Alan Bates, Juliet Aubrey, Eileen Atkins, Dolly Wells, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Charles Edwards Added on Peacock 2022-03-24.