Could the real significance behind Prince George's name have been right in front of us the entire time? Perhaps!
While early reports have speculated that the royal couple picked the name George Alexander Louis in honor of Queen Elizabeth II's father, among one of many reasons, there may be an ode to Prince William's late mother Princess Diana in the moniker as well.
It
turns out that Diana had three nephews named, you guessed it, George,
Alexander, and Louis. In fact, the one other nephew she had is named
Charles, which Kate Middleton and her hubby couldn't pick for glaringly obvious reasons!
Diana's brother Charles welcomed son Louis Frederick John
Spencer in 1994, while her sisters Sarah and Jane gave birth to George
Edmund and Alexander Robert, respectively.
Shocking coincidence? We think not.
And Will's mother isn't the only one who has links to the newborn's name. There's already a Prince Charles connection behind the future King of England's title.
Funnily enough, he has admitted to respecting and most looking up to King George III,
who ruled England from 1760 to 1820. During a visit with school
children at London's Pimlico Academy last year, Charles was asked which
monarch he most admired.
"We asked him the question, 'Which
monarch do you most respect?' And he said George III because he thought
he was a really good man," student Marilyn Goncalves told the Telegraph in December after meeting Charles. "He thought that he was a really good king."
The
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announced the name of their firstborn on
July 24, after Kate gave birth to the baby two days prior at London's
St. Mary's Hospital.
Additionally, Charles reportedly once said in a British TV
documentary, "George III led Britain through 60 years of enormous social
upheaval, industrial revolution and terrible hardships inflicted by war
with Napoleon. Yet history remembered him above all as the 'mad king'
or the 'king who lost America.' This is a travesty."
And between
family homages and tradition, deciding upon a name for Prince George
must not have been an easy task for Will and Kate.
"With George we
have a traditional, classic name with historical connotations,"
Christopher Warwick, royal biographer and historian told E! News. "It
might not be too imaginative, but it isn't too surprising."
What a lovely twist to add to all of the royal baby naming trivia!
culled from: e online
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