Prince Louis of Wales
British prince (born 2018) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, and a grandson of Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. He is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne.
| Prince Louis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_2024.jpg) Prince Louis in 2024 | |||||
| Born | Prince Louis of Cambridge 23 April 2018 London, United Kingdom | ||||
| |||||
| House | Windsor | ||||
| Father | William, Prince of Wales | ||||
| Mother | Catherine Middleton | ||||
Infancy
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, Queen 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]
Upbringing
Louis and his family lived at Kensington Palace and Anmer Hall during his early childhood.[9][10] He made his Trooping the Colour debut in 2019.[11]
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,[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]
Title and style
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".[1]
Succession
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.[20]
See also
Notes
- As a member of the royal family entitled to be called His Royal Highness, Louis does not usually use a family name. But when one is needed, it is Mountbatten-Windsor.
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.