Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana

– Prince William and his wife, Kate, have named their twoday-old baby Charlotte Elizabeth Diana and she will be known as Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, their Kensington Palace residence announced yesterday.

The names will be seen as a triple homage to her grandfather Prince Charles, great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II and William’s late mother Diana, whose death in 1997 prompted a global outpouring of grief.

“The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to announce that they have named their daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana,” the palace said in a statement.

“The baby will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge,” it added.

The name Charlotte was one of the favourites for bookmakers and it has historic royal standing.

King George III’s wife Queen Charlotte (1761-1818) was an amateur botanist who used her middle name instead of her first name Sophie.

George IV also named his only child Charlotte but she died in childbirth at the age of 21 in 1817.

Meanwhile gun salutes rang out in London yesterday to celebrate the birth of the princess.

Forty-one shots were fired from World War I-era field guns in Hyde Park after a military band played Stevie Wonder’s hit Isn’t She Lovely, a song he wrote to celebrate the birth of his own daughter, Aisha.

The field guns were dragged by horses in a military procession that made its way past Buckingham Palace.

Artillery units at the Tower of London also fired a ceremonial 62-gun salute at the same time, with the boom reverberating across the River Thames. The standard royal salute is 21 rounds – a tradition dating back to cannon fire from ships – and an extra 20 are fired from a royal park or residence. At the Tower of London, a further 21 rounds were fi red to signal the city’s loyalty to the sovereign.

Princess Charlotte is fourth in line to the throne. –

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