James, Viscount Severn, is the younger child and only son of the Earl and Countess of Wessex, and the youngest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Background
His mother descends from King Henry IV of England. James is also distantly related to the family of the Viscounts Molesworth via the descent of his mother"s grandmother - Margaret Patricia Molesworth - from Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth.
Career
Birth James was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London on 24 January 2008, with what Buckingham Palace called a "minor allergic reaction." He was released from the hospital within days. James was baptised on 19 April 2008, in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle by the Dean of Windsor, Bishop David Conner. His christening gown was a newly made replica of the gown originally used by his great-great-great-grand-aunt Victoria, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, in 1840.
lieutenant has been worn for most royal christenings since then, and the original gown has now been preserved.
Severn"s godparents are Denise Poulton, Jeanye Irwin, Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, Duncan Bullivant, and Tom Hill. Official engagements Lord Severn was also present at Trooping the Colour in June 2013.
Titles and styles 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, James would have been styled as His Royal Highness Prince James of Wessex.
Thus, court communications refer to him as Lord Severn.