Charlotte Diana

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**Princess Charlotte of Cambridge** (Charlotte Elizabeth Diana; born May 2, 2015) is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine,Duchess of Cambridge. She is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne.

Princess Charlotte has an older brother, Prince George of Cambridge (b.2013) and younger brother, Prince Louis of Cambridge (b.2018).

## Early Life

### Birth

Princess Charlotte was born on May 2, 2015 in Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London. Several landmarks were illuminated pink to mark her birth, including Tower Bridge, the London Eye, and the Trafalgar Square fountains; there were also gun salutes at Hyde Park and the Tower of London. On 4 May, her name was announced as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, honoring her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, her great-great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and grandmother Diana, Princess of Wales. She has been affectionately called "Lottie" and "Mignonette" by her parents.

### Christening

On July 5, 2015, Princess Charlotte was christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, the same church where her paternal grandmother was christened in 1961. Her godparents are her parents' cousins Laura Fellowes and Adam Middleton, and family friends Thomas van Straubenzee, James Meade, and Sophie Carter. Princess Charlotte wore the royal christening gown, and the ceremony used the Lily Font, which was made for Princess Victoria, with water from the River Jordan.

## Education

In January 2018, Charlotte started her education at the Willcocks Nursery School, near her family's home in Kensington Palace. She joined her brother Prince George at Thomas's School in Battersea in September 2019, where she is known as Charlotte Cambridge.

## Official Apperances

On 11 June 2016, she made her first public appearance, which was on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping the Colour. She accompanied her parents and brother, George, on their royal tour of Canada in September 2016 and on their diplomatic visit to Poland and Germany in July 2017. In March 2020, she joined her siblings, George and Louis, in an online video to applaud key workers during the coronavirus pandemic. In September 2020, they met David Attenborough; Kensington Palace subsequently released a video of them asking Attenborough questions regarding environmental conservation. In December 2020, the children 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.

## Titles and Succession

* May 2, 2015 - present: *Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge*

Charlotte is, by birth, a princess of the United Kingdom entitled to the style of Royal Highness under letters patent issued by Queen Elizabeth II on December 31, 2012, which gave the title and style to all children of the Prince of Wales's elder son.

Charlotte is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne, after her grandfather, father, and elder brother. Due to the implementation of the Perth Agreement, which replaced male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture, she did not move down the line of succession when her younger brother, Prince Louis of Cambridge, was born in 2018, this makes her the first British princess to rank above a brother in the line of succession.