Prince Louis snoozes through his big day
BRITAIN’S Prince Louis was on his best behaviour for his christening – much to the relief of his mother, Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge.
The 11-week-old prince was sound asleep as he was carried into church.
Following the 40-minute ceremony, the baby prince looked content and snoozed fitfully as Kate gazed down and beamed at him as she held him in her arms.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte joined their parents for Louis’s big day at the chapel at St James’s Palace in London.
It is the first time the Cambridges have been seen together as a family of five.
Baby Louis was dressed in the cream, frilly lace royal christening gown – a replica of the robe made for Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter in 1841.
Among the guests in the oak-panelled chapel were Louis’s aunt and uncle, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
Meghan looked stylish in an olive-green Ralph Lauren outfit and Stephen Jones hat, and held hands with her husband of less than two months as they arrived.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip were missing from the small family affair.
The decision is understood not to have been taken on health grounds, and to have been mutually agreed by the queen and the Cambridges some time ago.
Guests including Kate’s brother James Middleton, and Kate’s pregnant sister Pippa with her husband James Matthews – the brother of former ‘Made In Chelsea’ star Spencer Matthews – joined the royals for tea at Clarence House afterwards.
Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge, fifth in line to the British throne, was born on April 23 at St Mary’s Hospital in London.