Every moment of the royal family member’s lives get people’s attention effortlessly. Special occasions of their lives from birth to death are entered to the history as well. The Baptism or Christening is the main incident of the royal family member, after the birth.
Peter Philips
Peter Philips, son of
Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips was christened in the Music Room of
Buckingham palace on 22 December 1977 by the then Archbishop of Canterbury
Donald Coggan. He was named as Peter Mark Andrew Philips.
His godparents were his
uncle Prince of Wales, the Rt. Rev’d Geofffrey Tiarks, Captain Hamish Lochore,
Lady Cecil Cameron of Lochiel and Jane Holdemess-Roddam.
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| The Queen with her Daughter & her first grandson master Peter |
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| Princess Anne with little Zara on her christening day |
Prince William of Wales
Prince William of Wales was
christened in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace on 04 August 1982 by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Robert Runcie. He was named as William Arthur
Louis. Prince William had been christened on the day when the Queen Mother
celebrated her 82nd birthday.
Prince’s godparents were
King Constantine II of the Hellenes, Lord Romsey, Sir Laurens van der Post,
Princess Alexandra, the Duchess of Westminster and Lady Susan Hussey, Lady in
Waiting to the Queen.
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| Princess Diana & Prince Charles with their first child Prince William on his christening day |
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| The Queen, Princess Diana with Prince William, the Queen Mother, Prince Charles and Prince Philip on Prince Williams Christening day |
Prince Harry Of Wales
Prince Henry of Wales was
born on 15 September 1984 and he was christened in St. George Chapel in Windsor
Castle on 21 December 1984 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie.
He was named as Henry Charles Albert David.
His godparents were his
uncle the Duke of York, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Lady Vestey, Mrs. William
Bartholomew, Br. Bryan Organ and Mr. Gerald Ward.
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| Princess Diana & Prince Charles with little Prince Harry on his Christening day |
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| The Queen Mother, the Queen, Prince William, Princess Diana with Prince Harry & Prince Charles after the Christening ceremony of Prince Harry. |
Princess Beatrice of York
Princess Beatrice was born
on 08 August 1988 and she was christened in the Chapel Royal at St. James’s Palace on 20
December 1988 by the Archbishop of York. She was named as Beatrice Elizabeth
Mary.
Her godparents were Viscount
Linley, the Duchess of Roxburghe, the Hon Mrs. John Greenall and Mrs. Henry
Cotterell.
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| The Duke & Duchess of York with their little daughter Princess Beatrice on her christening day. |
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| The Duke & Duchess of York with their little daughter Princess Beatrice on her christening day. |
Princess Eugenie of York
Princess Eugenie was born
on 23 March 1990 and she was christened at the church of St. Mary Magdalene,
Sandringham on 23 December 1990 by the Bishop of Norwich. She was named as Eugenie
Victoria Helena. She was the first royal baby to have a public christening.
Her godparents were James
Ogilvy, Captain Alastair Ross, Mrs. Ronald Ferguson, Mrs. Patrick Dodd-Noble
and Miss Louise.
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| The Royal Family after Princess Eugenie's christening |
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| The Royal Family & Princess Eugenie's godparents. |
Lady Louise Windsor
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| Little Lady Louise on her christening day |
Lady Louise, eldest daughter
of Prince Edward & countess of Wessex was born on 08 November 2003 and she
was christened in the private chapel of Windsor Castle on 24 April 2004. She
was named as Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor.
Her godparents were the
Lady Alexandra Etherington, the Lady Sarah Chatto, the Lord lvar Mountbatten,
Rupert Elliott and Mrs. Urs Schwarzenbach.
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| Lady Louise with her parents. |
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| Lady Louise with her parents, grand parents and godparents on her christening day. |
James, Viscount Severn
Viscount Severn son of Prince
Edward & countess of Wessex, was born on 17 December 2007 and he was christened
in the private chapel of Windsor Castle on 19 April 2008 by the Dean of
Windsor, Bishop David Conner. His christening gown was a newly made replica of
the gown originally used by his great-great-great-grandaunt, Princess Victoria,
the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, in 1841. It has been worn for most royal
christenings since then and the old gown has now been preserved. He was named
as James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor.
His god parents were Denise
Poulton, Jeanye Irwin, Alastair Bruce, Duncan Bullivant and Tom Hill.
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| Little Viscount with his parents on his christening day. |
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