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Born | Prince Louis of Cambridge 23 April 2018 St Mary's Hospital, London, England | ||||
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Father | William, Prince of Wales | ||||
Mother | Catherine Middleton |
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Prince Louis of Wales ( /ˈluːi/ LOO-ee; [1] Louis Arthur Charles; born 23 April 2018) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales. A grandson of Charles III, he is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne.
Prince Louis was born at 11:01 BST on 23 April 2018 in St Mary's Hospital, London, during the reign of his paternal great-grandmother Elizabeth II, as the third child and second son of Prince William and Catherine, then known as Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. [2] [3] [4] His birth was marked by gun salutes and bell ringings. [5] On 27 April, his name was announced as Louis Arthur Charles, [6] honouring his paternal grandfather, Charles, Prince of Wales (later King Charles III), and his 3rd-great-uncle Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma. [7] Louis was christened on 9 July by the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. [8]
Louis and his family lived at Kensington Palace and Anmer Hall during his early childhood. [9] He made his Trooping the Colour debut in 2019. [10] He started at Willcocks Nursery School near Kensington Palace in April 2021. [9]
The family relocated to Adelaide Cottage in Windsor Home Park in 2022, [11] [12] after which he started attending Lambrook, an independent preparatory school in Berkshire, along with his older siblings, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. [13] [14]
Louis also accompanied his siblings and parents for Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. [15] Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022 and Louis's grandfather became king. Accordingly, Louis became fourth in line to the throne. [16] [17] He accompanied his parents and elder siblings to his grandfather's coronation on 6 May 2023. [18]
Louis is a British prince with the official style and title "His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Wales". [19] Before his father was created Prince of Wales on 9 September 2022, Louis was styled "His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge". [20]
Louis is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne, behind his father and two elder siblings, George and Charlotte. [2] Following the implementation of the Perth Agreement, which replaced male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture, he is the first British prince to be ranked behind an elder sister in the line of succession. [21]
Lou-ee not Lou-iss
Prince Louis | |||||
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Born | Prince Louis of Cambridge 23 April 2018 St Mary's Hospital, London, England | ||||
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House | Windsor | ||||
Father | William, Prince of Wales | ||||
Mother | Catherine Middleton |
Royal family of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms |
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Prince Louis of Wales ( /ˈluːi/ LOO-ee; [1] Louis Arthur Charles; born 23 April 2018) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales. A grandson of Charles III, he is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne.
Prince Louis was born at 11:01 BST on 23 April 2018 in St Mary's Hospital, London, during the reign of his paternal great-grandmother Elizabeth II, as the third child and second son of Prince William and Catherine, then known as Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. [2] [3] [4] His birth was marked by gun salutes and bell ringings. [5] On 27 April, his name was announced as Louis Arthur Charles, [6] honouring his paternal grandfather, Charles, Prince of Wales (later King Charles III), and his 3rd-great-uncle Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma. [7] Louis was christened on 9 July by the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. [8]
Louis and his family lived at Kensington Palace and Anmer Hall during his early childhood. [9] He made his Trooping the Colour debut in 2019. [10] He started at Willcocks Nursery School near Kensington Palace in April 2021. [9]
The family relocated to Adelaide Cottage in Windsor Home Park in 2022, [11] [12] after which he started attending Lambrook, an independent preparatory school in Berkshire, along with his older siblings, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. [13] [14]
Louis also accompanied his siblings and parents for Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. [15] Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022 and Louis's grandfather became king. Accordingly, Louis became fourth in line to the throne. [16] [17] He accompanied his parents and elder siblings to his grandfather's coronation on 6 May 2023. [18]
Louis is a British prince with the official style and title "His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Wales". [19] Before his father was created Prince of Wales on 9 September 2022, Louis was styled "His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge". [20]
Louis is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne, behind his father and two elder siblings, George and Charlotte. [2] Following the implementation of the Perth Agreement, which replaced male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture, he is the first British prince to be ranked behind an elder sister in the line of succession. [21]
Lou-ee not Lou-iss