Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)
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Born | St Mary's Hospital, London, England | 2 May 2015||||
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Father | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | ||||
Mother | Catherine Middleton |
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Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (Charlotte Elizabeth Diana; born 2 May 2015) is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. She is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne.
Birth and baptism
Charlotte, the second child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was born at 08:34 BST on 2 May 2015 in St Mary's Hospital, London.[2] Several landmarks were illuminated pink to mark the birth, including Tower Bridge, London Eye, and the Trafalgar Square fountains, on 3 May,[3] followed by gun salutes at Hyde Park and the Tower of London on 4 May.[4] Later that day, her name was announced as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana,[5] with the two middle names being chosen after her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II and grandmother Diana, Princess of Wales.[6][7]
On 5 July 2015, Princess Charlotte was baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham. Her godparents are her parents' cousins the Hon. Laura Fellowes and Adam Middleton, and family friends Thomas van Straubenzee, James Meade, and Sophie Carter.[8]
Public interest
Despite the efforts of her parents to shelter their children from the press,[9] each photograph or public appearance of Charlotte has caused a media frenzy.[10] According to shopping statistics and polls among parents, Charlotte is a major children's style icon. Retailers, particularly in clothing, benefit greatly from their products appearing in photographs of the Princess. Brand Finance have estimated that she will be worth more than £3 billion to the British economy throughout her lifetime.[10] On 11 June 2016, she made her first public appearance, which was on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping the Colour.[11] She accompanied her parents on their royal tour of Canada in September 2016[12] and on their diplomatic visit to Poland and Germany in July 2017.[13]
Charlotte started her education at the Willcocks Nursery School, near her family's home in Kensington Palace, in January 2018.[14]
Titles and succession
Charlotte is, from birth, a princess of the United Kingdom entitled to the style of Royal Highness under letters patent issued by Queen Elizabeth II on 31 December 2012, which gave the title and style to all children of the Prince of Wales's eldest son.[15][16] She is thus styled "Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge".[6]
Charlotte is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne, after her grandfather, father, and elder brother.[17][18] Due to the implementation of the Perth Agreement, which replaced male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture, she is the first British princess who was not displaced by a younger brother in the line of succession.[19]
Ancestry
See also
Notes
- ^ British princesses such as Charlotte do not normally use a surname. When needed, the surname for male-line descendants of Elizabeth II is usually Mountbatten-Windsor.[1]
References
- ^ "The Royal Family name". The Official Website of the British Monarchy. The Royal Household. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
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- ^ "Royal baby: Princess's first night at Kensington Palace". BBC News. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "Royal baby: London gun salutes mark birth of princess". BBC News. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge name their baby" (Press release). Clarence House. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Royal princess named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana". BBC. London. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana: why William and Kate made their name choices for royal baby". The Daily Telegraph. London. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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- ^ Hunt, Peter (29 September 2016). "Prince George and Princess Charlotte in Canada play day". BBC News. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ a b Spedding, Emma (1 May 2016). "The Princess Charlotte Effect: inside the clothing frenzy caused by a Royal one-year-old". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "Princess Charlotte makes her balcony debut at Trooping the Colour – AOL Lifestyle". Aol.com. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ Canada (1 October 2016). "Prince William, Kate and children bid farewell to Canada as royal tour ends". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ Hunt, Peter (17 July 2017). "George and Charlotte join Poland and Germany diplomacy tour". BBC. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "Princess Charlotte to start nursery school in January". BBC. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "No. 60384". The London Gazette. 8 January 2013. p. 213.
- ^ "Royal baby girl 'would be princess'". BBC News. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child" (Press release). Clarence House. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
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- ^ "Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to new prince". BBC News. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g Paget, Gerald (1977). The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (2 vols). Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. ISBN 978-0-284-40016-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g Williamson, D. (1981). "The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer". Genealogist's Magazine. 20 (6): 192–199.
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External links
- Princess Charlotte of Cambridge at the Royal Family website
- Birth certificate (image)
- Princess Charlotte of Wales at IMDb