Queen stepped in to change Prince Louis' name & title - Royal Insider

[Music] the duke and duchess of cambridge's youngest child prince louis turns three today april the 23rd to mark the occasion the duke and duchess have released a brand new photo of the little royal the photo taken by louie's proud mother catherine herself shows the prince riding his bike in the grounds of kensington palace grinning at his mum as he gears up for his first day at nursery school wearing a pair of light blue shorts and a navy sweatshirt the royal striped shirt is also shown underneath with his collar carefully tucked over the top his outfit was finished with a pair of velcro lime and blue trainers and a matching rucksack the prince looked absolutely thrilled to be off to make new friends as he posed on the bright red bike not to miss the occasion louie's great-grandmother the queen who also turned 95 two days ago has shared a heartwarming message for her little great-grandson posting via her official instagram page her majesty's well wishes were paired with an adorable photo of the little prince wishing prince louis a very happy third birthday today the caption read next to a bicycle emoji taken earlier this week by the duchess before he left for his first day of nursery the duke and duchess are pleased to share a new image of prince louis balloon emoji the caption continued on friday louie's grandfather prince charles and duchess of cornwall also sent birthday wishes to him clarence house reposted the sweet photo that the cambridges had shared on their social media accounts the caption which is also accompanied by a cake emoji read a very happy birthday to prince louis who turns three today charles has a special bond with his grandson and royal fans have been treated to some touching images of the pair over the last three years on louie's second birthday last year clarence house shared a black and white snapshot of charles and the little royal sharing a hug louie also stole the show in photos released to mark prince charles's 70th birthday in 2018. in one family portrait which also included the duke and duchess of sussex the royals were captured laughing as louis who was four months old at the time affectionately grabbed his grandfather's face and in more heartwarming shots charles howled louie's hands as the tot sat in his mother catherine's arms while another showed the future king proudly holding his baby grandson prince louis was born at the lindo wing of saint mary's hospital in paddington on the 23rd of april 2018. the tot's full name was announced as prince louis arthur charles just a few days after his birth and he is fifth in line to the throne behind sister charlotte louis is a popular name in the royal family and william and george have it as middle names in honor of prince charles's mentor lord louis mountbatten charles is a nod to little louie's grandfather the prince of wales who said he was delighted to have another baby in the family when he was born a statement from charles and camilla at the time said we are both so pleased at the news it is a great joy to have another grandchild the only trouble is i don't know how i'm going to keep up with them his official title is his royal highness prince louis of cambridge but he only has an hrh title because his great granny the queen stepped in she intervened to overwrite a rule put in place by king george v reports the express back in 1917 he set out new guidance on which royals were allowed to have titles and who was too far down the line of succession to qualify for one he decided that all of the sovereign children would automatically become a prince or princess as well as any grandchildren born through the mail line however great grandchildren weren't included on the list this caused a bit of an issue when prince george was born as despite being our future king he shouldn't have had the title the queen stepped in and said that george would get a title and decided to extend the charge to all of catherine and william's children this means that even though charlotte and louis who are further down the line of succession are unlikely to ever sit on the throne they are also a prince and princess if the monarch didn't make the change it's likely that louis would have been master louis cambridge or master louis windsor instead you

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Length: 5min 12sec (312 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 23 2021