If Prince Harry were ever likely to be king, the Queen would never have approved his marriage. At the time that the marriage was announced (pre-Louis), Harry was 6th in line to the throne. I believe there is a rule that the Queen must approve all marriages of the top six. An African-American divorcee and an actress would have been quite unforgivable for Her Majesty. But since Harry is no longer here or there, the Queen said yes.

For me, British Royalty is like a soap-opera that never ends. I love long novels that chart a story through the generations. I could talk about the British Royals all day but since I actually have an agenda for today, I must stop now 🙂

Kabir, I share a lot of your sentiments. I was pleased to see Prince Harry’s intended looks desi though from a different mix of DNA. Such is ones inner thoughts. By the way, many of us are invested emotionally in British royalty. God bless.

Actually, he is. He is number 6 in the line of succession. Right after HRH Princess Charlotte but before his Uncle, HRH Prince Henry of Wales.

Granted, the likelihood of something taking out his grandfather, father, and two older siblings is extremely slim, so probably he will never get on the throne. But the probability is still greater than 0.

Prince Harry is really the lucky one. The more kids his older brother has, the more remote his chances of ever having to be king are. He is free to lead a “normal” life (whatever passes for normal among the super-rich). 🙂

As you can tell, I’m a little too emotionally invested in the British Royal Family (I was a devotee of “The Crown” and watched the series religiously. My favorite character was Princess Margaret). Ironically, I’m not even British. So I will stop here.

A bit of a comfort that little Louis is not in direct succession to the throne.

That would be pretty cruel. HRH Prince Louis of Cambridge will be just fine. His last name is “of Cambridge” by the way. That’s how royalty works.

Isn’t part of being “Royal” that you can do whatever you want? HRH Queen Elizabeth can’t be voted out. Teresa May can.

In the end, the choice of a child’s name is the prerogative of two people (the parents). The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge chose Prince Louis (and whether it is good or bad), they had the absolute right to do so.

Hope they don’t start calling him Dickie. Poor kid.

They are the Royal Family; they need to be sensitive about the whole nation..

Yes true!

It is a name that has some importance in their family. HRH Prince Charles loved Lord Mountbatten. That is what took priority for the family.