The Australian Women\'s Weekly - June 2018

80 The Australian Women’s Weekly | JUNE 2018

Royal baby

Above: Princess Charlotte waves as she

heads into the hospital to visit her new

baby brother. Right: The happy parents.

T

hrice the worry,” joked Prince

William, a very proud father

who earlier had introduced

his third child to the world,

beaming and waving with

his wife the Duchess of Cambridge.

As with Prince George and Princess

Charlotte, the newborn faced an

endless clatter of camera shutters

on the steps of the Lindo Wing of

St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington,

London, as his irst introduction to

royal life. But snuggled in his cosy

white woollen shawl, the ifth in line

to the throne seemed unperturbed and

kept his eyes closed through his irst

photo call, but wiggled his ingers to

everyone’s delight.

Earlier, Prince George and Princess

Charlotte had arrived to visit their

new brother, George still in his school

uniform and Charlotte looking very

pleased with herself in a loral dress

and matching blue cardigan. They

walked either side of their dad,

holding on to his hand with tentative

waves at the crowd. But then as they

mounted the steps Charlotte turned,

offering a inal and incredibly sweet

secret wave which earned her front

pages around the world. The new

name, the royal teased “you’ll ind

out soon enough”. In fact it was four

days before the name was revealed –

Prince Louis Arthur Charles.

Louis was no doubt a tribute

to Lord Louis Mountbatten,

Prince Charles’ great uncle, who

was murdered by the IRA and

whom Charles has described as “the

grandfather I never had”. Arthur was

perhaps a nod to King Arthur and

Prince William’s second name, and

Charles in deference to his grandpa,

the heir to the throne.

In a statement Kensington Palace

announced: “The baby will be formally

known as His Royal Highness Prince

Louis of Cambridge”.

Louis pushes his uncle Prince Harry

into sixth place in line to the throne,

but in a rather apt piece of girl power

• considering this year’s global
  awakening of female empowerment


• Louis will not supersede his sister
  Princess Charlotte, who retains her
  position above her baby brother. This
  is all thanks to a change to the 2013
  Succession to the Crown Act, which
  ensured princes no longer push their
  princess siblings down the pecking
  order. Welcome, Prince Louis. AW W

Prince had been born at a minute past

11am on April 23, weighing 8lbs 70z

(3.82kg), and when a traditional town

crier announced the birth and the

oficial Palace statement was placed

on the gilt easel inside the gates of

Buckingham Palace, it was a glorious

piece of ancient pomp and pageantry

straight out of Tudor England.

Prince William told the throngs

of reporters outside the hospital that

he was “very happy, very delighted,

thank you”. When asked for his son’s

“It is a great joy

to have another

grandchild, the

only trouble is

I don’t know

how I am going

to keep up.”

• PRINCE CHARLES

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