According to a statement released today Monday May 4, 2015, from Kessington Palace, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, who welcomed their little princess on Saturday May 2, 2015 has named her Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
The Princess is named Charlotte in honour of her grandfather Prince Charles, Elizabeth in honour of Queen Elizabeth II her great-grandmother and Diana in honour of Prince William’s late Mother, Princess Diana.
The princess is the second child of Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge. The baby will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. The princess is fourth in line to the throne after Charles, William and her older brother Prince George.
William and Kate introduced the baby princess to the world Saturday evening, just 12 hours after Kate checked into a London hospital to give birth. The baby weighed in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces (3.7 kilograms).
Bookmakers had taken huge amounts of bets on the name, with Alice, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Victoria, Olivia and Diana among the most popular guesses. Earlier on Monday, bells at Westminster Abbey pealed and gun salutes were fired across London in honor of the newborn princess. Dozens of deafening volleys were fired from Hyde Park and the Tower of London.
