The New Royal Baby Is Named Prince Louis
The new royal baby finally has a name. This morning it was announced that the little Prince will be known as Prince Louis Arthur Charles.
"The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to announce that they have named their son Louis Arthur Charles. The baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge," revealed Kensington Palace in a statement.
Keeping with tradition, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge waited 4 to announce the name of their third child. Similarly, they took two days to share the names of both their older children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, with the public.
"The reasoning is perhaps two fold. On one hand there's a desire to inform the families before a public declaration is made and any new parent appreciates having a little private time to get to know their new addition before the onslaught of announcements," royals commentator Victoria Arbiter previously told Town & Country.
"Royals, however, also have to consider the great responsibility in naming a new member of the family and I expect they want to be a hundred percent certain of their choice before announcing the name and sealing the baby's place in history."
Back in 1982, Charles and Diana waited a week to announce Prince William's name, and Prince Charles's name was a mystery for about a month when he was born in 1948.
While the new royal baby will not officially have a surname, he will have several options available, should he need to use one.
"The House name is Windsor and the family name for those who do use a surname is Mountbatten-Windsor," royal historian and writer of the Royal Musings blog Marlene Eilers Koenig told Town & Country earlier this year.
She also noted that Prince George uses the surname Cambridge at school, a practice akin to when William and Harry adopted the last name Wales when enlisting in military service. Their father Prince Charles is, of course, the Prince of Wales.
In addition to his three first names, the new royal baby will also told a lengthy formal royal title, His Royal Highness Prince Louis of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; however, “Royal children are ‘styled’ differently if they are the children of a royal duke,” Koenig said. Because of this styling, his title will be His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge.
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