Lady Louise Windsor
| Lady Louise Windsor | |||||
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 Lady Louise at Trooping the Colour, June 2013 | |||||
| Born | 8 November 2003 Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, Surrey, England | ||||
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| House | House of Windsor | ||||
| Father | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | ||||
| Mother | Sophie, Countess of Wessex | ||||
| Religion | Church of England | ||||
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Lady Louise Windsor[1] (Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor; born 8 November 2003) is the elder child and only daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex. She is the youngest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Lady Louise is currently tenth in the line of succession to succeed her grandmother.
Early life
Lady Louise was born prematurely on 8 November 2003 (at 23:32 GMT)[2]at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey after her mother was rushed there by ambulance from the Wessex home at Bagshot Park, Surrey; Prince Edward was not present for the birth because it came so suddenly. Lady Louise was delivered by the Royal Surgeon/Gynaecologist Marcus Setchell via emergency Caesarean section due to placental abruption, which caused severe blood loss to both child and mother. Lady Louise was transferred to a neo-natal unit in St George's Hospital, Tooting, London as a precaution. Meanwhile, the Countess remained at Frimley Park until she was well enough to be discharged. Lady Louise was discharged from hospital on 23 November 2003. Her name was announced on 27 November.[3] She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 24 April 2004, and her godparents were: Lady Alexandra Etherington, Lady Sarah Chatto, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Rupert Elliott, and Francesca Schwarzenbach.[4][5]
Lady Louise is tenth in the line of succession to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms. 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 of York in 1990.
Born with exotropia,[6] Lady Louise underwent a 30-minute operation under general anaesthetic to correct the problem in January 2006.
Aged eight, Lady Louise broke her left arm when she fell off her pony while riding at the Queen's estate at Windsor on 11 April 2012. She was treated at a hospital, but was released the same day. She was wearing a hard hat and safety back brace at the time of the accident and did not sustain any other injuries. Doctors said she would not require further surgery. Her mother cancelled her duties for the day to stay with her, but her father continued with his daily schedule after hearing that Lady Louise's injuries were not serious.[7]
Royal duties
She was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on 29 April 2011.[8]
Lady Louise attended her first Trooping the Colour in June 2009, and rode in the carriages with her family at Trooping the Colour for the first time in June 2011.[9] Lady Louise was again present at Trooping the Colour in 2012 and 2013.
On Easter 2012, Lady Louise accompanied her paternal grandparents, parents and cousin, Princess Eugenie of York, to the Easter service in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.[10]
In June 2012, Lady Louise attended the Jubilee Thames River Pageant with her parents and younger brother. A few days later Lady Louise accompanied her parents to the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's Cathedral in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.[11]
On 4 June 2013, Lady Louise was the youngest member of the royal family to attend her grandmother's 60th coronation anniversary celebration at Westminster Abbey.[12] On 11 June, Lady Louise along with her brother attended the Coronation festival at Buckingham Palace.[13]
Titles, styles and honours
Titles and styles
- 8 November 2003 – present: Lady Louise Windsor[1]
Letters patent issued in 1917 (and still remaining in force today) assign a princely status and the style of Royal Highness to all male-line grandchildren of a monarch. Therefore, all else being equal, Louise would have been styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wessex. However, when her parents married, the Queen, via a Buckingham Palace press release, announced that (in hopes of avoiding some of the burdens associated with royal titles) their children would be styled as the children of an earl, rather than as princes or princesses. Thus, court communications refer to her as Lady Louise Windsor.
Honours
In June 2008, to recognise a visit by her father to the Canadian province of Manitoba, the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba-in-Council named a lake in the north of the province after Lady Louise.[14]
Ancestry
Her mother descends from Nicholas St. John of Lydiard Tregoze (descendant of King Edward III of England) and his wife, Elizabeth (née Blount, a relative of royal mistress Elizabeth Blount) making her parents 11th cousins, once removed. Lady Louise's mother is also descended from King Henry IV of England[15] and King Henry II of France. Louise is also related to the family of the Viscounts Molesworth by her mother's descent from Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth.[16] Her mother also descended from the Welsh prince and warrior Elystan Glodrydd.
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References
- ^ a b Statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Queen: Announcement of the christening of Lady Louise Windsor - The official website of The British Monarchy
- ^ "Royal baby born prematurely". BBC News. 8 November 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- ^ "Royal Wessex baby finally named". BBC News. 27 November 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Buckingham Palace press releases – Christening of Lady Louise Windsor". Royal. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "Royal Christenings". Yvonne's Royalty Home Page. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ English, Rebecca; Knight, Kathryn (10 July 2007). "How Sophie's become the Queen's favourite". Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Rebecca English. "Queen's granddaughter Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor breaks arm in horse riding accident". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "Royal Wedding: Names of bridesmaids and page boys to take part in royal wedding are confirmed - hellomagazine.com". Royalweddings.hellomagazine.com. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "Britain Trooping the Colour Pictures - Monsters and Critics". News.monstersandcritics.com. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Doherty, Ruth (9 April 2012). "Princess Eugenie dons stylish hat for Easter service at Windsor Castle : MYDaily UK". Mydaily.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "Britain's Prince Edward, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and their daughter Lady Louise Windsor leave after a thanksgiving service to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee at St Paul's Cathedral in London".
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335617/Queen-Elizabeth-II-Prince-Philip-celebrate-HRMs-60th-coronation-anniversary-Westminster-Abbey.html
- ^ http://pinterest.com/jennahpc/trh-prince-edward-sophie-the-countess-of-wessex/
- ^ "Prince Edward begins Winnipeg visit". The Vancouver Sun. Canada. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ Charles Mosley, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2720.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2731.