Princess Charlotte of Cambridge is the younger child and only daughter of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
Background
Through her father, she is a member of the House of Windsor. Through her mother she is a descendant of the Middleton family. Through her paternal grandmother, Diana, Princess of Wales, she descends from the Spencer family, and also from Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, and Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, two of the illegitimate sons of King Charles World War II As a great-grandchild of the Duke of Edinburgh, her patrilineal descent is from the Glücksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg.
Career
On 20 October 2014, Kensington Palace announced that the baby was expected in April 2015. On 2 May 2015, at 08:34 Barium Strontium Titanate, the Duchess gave birth to a daughter who weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces (371 kg) at Street Mary"s Hospital, London. The Duke of Cambridge was present at the birth.
The baby was delivered naturally by midwives Arona Ahmed and Jacquie Dunkley-Bent, with doctors Alan Farthing, surgeon-gynaecologist to the Duke"s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth World War II Guy Thorpe-Beeston, an expert in high-risk pregnancies and surgeon-gynaecologist of the Royal Household.
Sunit Godambe, consultant neonatalogist at the hospital.
And Huw Thomas, physician to the Queen. Farthing, Thorpe-Beeston, and Godambe were also present at the birth of the Cambridges" first child, Prince George, in 2013. In the evening of the following day, landmarks such as Tower Bridge, London Eye, and the Trafalgar Square fountains in London and the Peace Tower in Ottawa, Ontario, were illuminated pink to mark the princess"s birth.
On 4 May, gun salutes were fired at Hyde Park and the Tower of London.
Later that day, her name was announced as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. On 5 July 2015, Princess Charlotte was baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham.
Her godparents are The Honorary Princess Charlotte is, from birth, a British princess entitled to the style of Royal Highness under letters patent issued by Queen Elizabeth II on 31 December 2012, which gave the title and style to all children of the Prince of Wales"s eldest son.
Her official title and style is Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
Because of the changes to succession law effected in 2015, she cannot be displaced in the line of succession by any younger brothers.
Membership
Through her father, she is a member of the House of Windsor.