Louis Mountbatten-Windsor

**Prince Louis of Wales** (Louis Arthur Charles, born April 23, 2018) is member of British royal family. He is the third and youngest child, as well as the second son, of William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales. He is 4th in Line to British throne.

He has two older siblings Prince George of Wales (b.2013) and Princess Charlotte of Wales (b.2015).

## Early Life

Louis was born on April 23, 2018 in Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London..On April 27, it was announced that the baby had been named Louis Arthur Charles, the first and last names honoring his paternal great-great-great-uncle Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and his paternal grandfather Charles, Prince of Wales.

On July 9, 2018, Louis was christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, using water from the River Jordan in accordance with tradition. Louis's godparents are Nicholas van Cutsem, Guy Pelly, Harry Aubrey-Fletcher, Lady Laura Meade, Hannah Gillingham Carter, and Lucy Middleton

## Education

In April 2021, Louis started his education at the Willcocks Nursery School, near his family's home in Kensington Palace.

In September 2022, He and his siblings began attending Lambrook, an independent preparatory school in Berkshire.

## Public appearance

Louis made his first Trooping the Colour appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on June 8, 2019. In March 2020, he joined his siblings, George and Charlotte, in an online video to applaud key workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

In September 2020, the children met David Attenborough; Kensington Palace subsequently released a video of them asking Attenborough questions regarding environmental conservation. On December 11 2020, they made their first red carpet appearance accompanying their parents to the London Palladium for a performance of a pantomime held to thank key workers for their efforts during the pandemic.

In June 2022, during his great-grandmother's Platinum Jubilee celebration weekend, Louis and his siblings made their debut in the Trooping the Colour carriage procession. The procession was followed by a flypast, during which all three Cambridge children joined their parents, the Queen, and other working royals on the Buckingham Palace balcony. Louis's behavior during the noisy flypast was widely commented on in the media as being excited and amusing, with videos of his behavior going viral on social media. A few days later on June 5, Louis attended the Platinum Jubilee Pageant with his parents and siblings, where he again attracted media attention for his excited antics. Following the pageant he joined his parents, elder siblings, Elizabeth II, and the then Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on the Buckingham Palace balcony.

Louis made his first appearance at the annual Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel in April 2023 accompanying his parents and two elder siblings. On May 6, 2023, he attended the coronation of his grandfather at Westminster Abbey alongside his parents and two elder siblings.

## Tittles and succession

* April 23, 2018 - September 8, 2022: *His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge*
* September 8, 2022 - September 9, 2022: *His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cornwall and Cambridge*
* September 9, 2022 - present: *His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Wales*

Louis is from birth a prince of the United Kingdom, entitled to the style of Royal Highness under letters patent issued by his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II on December 31, 2012, which gave the title and style to all children of the Prince of Wales's eldest son. He is thus styled "His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge.

Prince Louis is 4th in the line of succession to the British throne, behind his grandfather, father and older siblings, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Following the implementation of the Perth Agreement, which replaced male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture, he is the first British prince to be ranked behind an elder sister in the line of succession.