The Lady Louise Windsor (Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 November 2003) is a member of the British Royal Family. She is currently the only child of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest son of Elizabeth II, and Sophie, The Countess of Wessex but the couple are expecting a second child in December 2007. Lady Louise is 8th in line to the throne and has been since her birth in 2003.
Early life
Lady Louise was born, prematurely, on 8 November 2003, at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, after her mother was rushed there by ambulance from the couple’s home at Bagshot, Surrey. She was delivered by emergency Caesarian section, necessitated by a placental abruption, causing severe blood loss to both child and mother, before her due date in December. The Countess of Wessex had earlier suffered an ectopic pregnancy. Owing to its suddenness, Prince Edward was not present for the birth. Lady Louise was transferred to a neo-natal unit in St George’s Hospital, Tooting, London as a precaution. The Countess, meanwhile, remained at Frimley Park Hospital, until she was well enough to be released.
Lady Louise was released from hospital on 23 November and her name was announced on 27 November.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3240966.stm</ref> She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 24 April 2004 with Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Lady Sarah Chatto, Lady Alexandra Etherington, Francesca Schwarzenbach and Rupert Elliott as her godparents.<ref name=”godparents”>Buckingham Palace press releases – Christening of Lady Louise Windsor</ref>.
Lady Louise is eighth in the line of succession to the British throne. Until her birth, the first ten positions in the order of succession remained unchanged for over 13 years after the birth of her cousin, Princess Eugenie in 1990.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles
- 8 November 2003-: The Lady Louise Windsor
- Legally: Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wessex
Styles
As a granddaughter of the monarch in the male line, she is legally Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wessex, not Lady Louise Windsor, and, when she comes of age, she may legally use the title Princess Louise, if she wishes. However, when her parents married, they decided that their children would be styled as the children of an earl rather than as princes or princesses with the style Royal Highness. This was intended to reduce the burden of royal titles and the responsibility that comes with them. In the absence of letters patent, Lady Louise legally remains a Princess of the United Kingdom, regardless of how she is styled.
Although her legal last name is Mountbatten-Windsor she is styled only using the surname Windsor.
Ancestry
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External links
- BBC News- “Royal baby born prematurely”
- The Royalist: Lady Louise Windsor Makes A Rare Public Appearance 25th July 2006
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