Duke and Duchess of Cambridge name new royal baby

prince louis arthur charles, royal infant name introduced by theduke & duchess of cambridge

"the child may be known as his royal highness prince louis of cambridge."

the names honour both the prince's grandfather, prince charles, and louis mountbatten, the duke of edinburgh's mentor who died via an ira bomb in 1979.

prince george and prince william both have louis as center names, with the statement confounding bookies and specialists who had believed it would not be repeated for the 1/3 child cambridge.

arthur were the favourite predicted first name, finally introduced as a middle name. it's also one of the duke of cambridge's personal middle names.

the name is a widespread tribute to the royal circle of relatives, with the newborn prince sharing names in commonplace along with his brother prince george alexander louis, his father prince william arthur philip louis, and his grandfather prince charles philip arthur george.