Louise Mountbatten-Windsor

Lady Luisa Mountbatten-Windsor (Surrey, November 8, 2003) is the first daughter of the Dukes of Edinburgh, Eduardo and Sofía. On the paternal line, she is the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Philip of Edinburgh, niece of the current King, Charles III, and occupies the fifteenth position in the line of succession to the British throne and of the kingdoms of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Birth

Lady Luisa was born prematurely on 8 November 2003 at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, after her mother arrived at the hospital by ambulance from the couple's home in Bagshot Park, Surrey. She was taken to the emergency room for a cesarean section. Prince Edward could not be present at her birth because it was so sudden. Lady Luisa was transferred to St. George's Hospital, Tooting, London as a precaution. Meanwhile, the Countess herself remained at Frimley Park Hospital until she recovered.

Lady Luisa was discharged on November 23 and her name was announced on November 27.

Lady Luisa was born with an eye disorder called exotropia. In January 2006 it was reported that she had undergone a 30-minute operation under general anesthesia to correct the problem, but in 2009 she regenerated the eye disorder. For this reason, her parents decided not to use this treatment again. In 2014 she underwent another intervention and it was successful, having corrected the exotropia.

Lady Luisa with her family on Christmas 2017. From left to right: his cousin William of Cambridge; his wife Catherine of Cambridge; Meghan of Sussex, then known as Meghan Markle; Lady Luisa; and his cousin Henry of Sussex, then known as Henry of Wales.

He is 15th in the line of succession to the British throne. Until her birth, the top ten positions had remained unchanged for 13 years, since the birth of her cousin, Princess Eugenie of York, in 1990.

Baptism

She was baptized in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on April 24, 2004, with Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Lady Sarah Chatto, Lady Alexandra Etherington, Francesca Schwarzenbach and Rupert Elliott being her godparents.

Bridesmaid

Lady Luisa Windsor, first to the left, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Duke's wedding and the Duke of Cambridge, on 29 April 2011.

Lady Luisa was one of the bridesmaids who were part of the wedding procession at the wedding of her cousin William, Duke of Cambridge with Catherine Middleton on April 29, 2011 at Westminster Abbey.

Training

After receiving her A Level results, Lady Louise began studying English Philology in September 2022 at the University of Saint Andrews.

Titles

• November 8, 2003—Presente: Lady Luisa Mountbatten-Windsor

Legally: Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Edinburgh

The royal patent issued in 1917, and in use today, assigns the title of prince or princess and the treatment of royal highness to all patrilineal grandsons and granddaughters of a monarch. For this reason, Luisa is legally hers Her Royal Highness hers Princess Luisa of Edinburgh . However, when her parents married, the Queen, through a Buckingham Palace press announcement, informed that in accordance with the wishes of the Earls of Wessex, none of their children would bear the title of prince or princess with the royal highness treatment. Instead, they preferred that they bear the titles given to the sons of an earl. For this reason, Luisa is never referred to as a British princess, but as Lady Luisa Mountbatten-Windsor.

Ancestors

Line of Succession

Prior to: James, Count of Wessex

Line of succession to the British Throne 15

Successor: S A R Ana, Royal Princess