Prince William and Princess Kate welcomed their their second child, a beautiful baby girl, weighing 8lb 3oz exactly eight years ago, naming her Charlotte Elizabeth Diana in tribute to her grandmother and great-grandmother.
Charlotte, the female form of Charles, was given in honour of her grandfather the king and her middle names Elizabeth, for her great grandmother the late Queen and Diana for her grandmother.
Princess Charlotte was formerly known as “Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge” until her father Prince William took up his position as second in line to the throne upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II.