| |  | | Baby Bill and her proud father |
| |  | | Rosemary with her baby sister |
| |  | | The Terrible Duo, friends Bill and Gill |
| |  | | Wedding day - and the first time Bill signed herself 'Christine' |
| |  | | Christine and Jenny in the Home Truths studio |
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A girl named Bill
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Christine's father was an army Major serving in India shortly before the Second World War when his second daughter was born.
Her father had wanted his second child to be a boy - so much so that he was convinced she was going to be a boy. He decided that the baby was going to be called Bill.
Nature had other ideas and when Christine arrived, her dad got a bit of a shock. He thought his baby girl could still appreciate all thing boyish - so he called her Bill anyway.
Christine, or Auntie Bill as she's known to her nephews and nieces, doesn't feel that being called by a man's name and brought up surrounded by army men has been a disadvantage. She says it has made her a stronger person.
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