HRH Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Wales
Charlotte Elizabeth Diana was born May 2nd 2015 at St. Marys Hospital in London. She is the second child and only daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales. She is also the first female in the history of the British Monarchy to maintain her place in the line of succession after the birth of a younger brother due to the abolition of Male primogeniture in 2013.
Charlotte was named for her grandfather (Prince Charles, great-grandmother (Queen Elizabeth) and grandmother (Princess Diana). She was the Queens fifth great-grandchild and second grandchild of Prince Charles. She is currently third in the line of succession.
Princess Charlotte began nursery school near the family home at Kensington Palace in January of 2018. She attended Wilcocks nursery school until beginning at Thomas Battersea Independent Day School in September of 2019. In 2022 she began school at Lambrook School alongside her brother, Prince George and Prince Louis
While her parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, largely keep their kids out of the media spotlight, there are a few high-profile events Charlotte has attended through the years. Every June she joins other members of the family at Trooping the Colour (Trooping was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19), she attended her first public Christmas as Sandringham in 2019 and joined the family for the Queens Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Other family events have included the weddings of Pippa Middleton and James Matthews, Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank and James Middleton and Alizee Thevenet where she was a bridesmaid.
She has two brothers (Prince George and Prince Louis) and four cousins (Arthur Michael William Matthews, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, Grace Elizabeth Jane Matthews and Lilbet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor). The Cambridge kids are also close with their seven second cousins (Savannah Anne Philips, Isla Elizabeth Philips, Mia Grace Tindall, Lena Elizabeth Tindall, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, Lucas Philip Tindall and Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli-Mozzi).
