Duchess Kate & William named their daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana

Well, we finally have a name! Thank God. Duchess Kate and Prince William waited more than a full two days after Kate gave birth to release the name and it’s…

Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.

I feel like that’s a suggestion I made months ago. Yes, it was. Charlotte works as a reference to Prince Charles (“Charlotte” is the feminized Charles) and a reference to Kate’s sister Pippa, whose middle name is Charlotte. Elizabeth is for the Queen, obviously. And Diana for William’s late mother. So she’s little HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. Sounds nice.

I’m happy that they didn’t put Diana up front. I think that would have been too much, and that was my biggest fear as the Great Name Wait carried on through the hours. I think Charlotte Elizabeth Diana works on every level, so much so that it’s a bit obvious and boring. But still… I do love the name Charlotte. I wonder if they’ll call her “Charlie”?

Incidentally, it seems that once again, Carole Middleton and Pippa Middleton got to meet the little princess before Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. Carole was seen driving to Kensington Palace more than an hour before Charles and Camilla arrived. Michael Middleton also arrived separately from his wife, and later than Carole. The Daily Beast had an article about this dynamic, and how Kate is “Middleton-izing” the royal family, as in she’s bringing her “middle class values” and middle class standards to the royals. You can read the piece here.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/flynet.

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