Lady Louise Windsor
noblewoman; daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (born 8 November 2003) is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder child and only daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. Louise is the youngest niece of King Charles III. She was born during the reign of her paternal grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and at the time of her birth was eighth in the line of succession to the British throne; as of 2026, she is 18th.
Early life
Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor was born prematurely at 11:32 pm on 8 November 2003 at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey. Her mother, Sophie, then Countess of Wessex, had been taken there by ambulance from the family home at Bagshot Park. Her father, Prince Edward, then Earl of Wessex, and the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, was not present for the birth, which occurred suddenly while he was on an official visit to Mauritius. She has a younger brother, James, born in 2007.
Louise was delivered by emergency Caesarean section due to a placental abruption that caused significant blood loss to both mother and child. She was transferred to the neo-natal unit at St George's Hospital, Tooting, London, while her mother remained at Frimley Park. Louise returned to Frimley Park on 13 November and was discharged on 23 November, four days after her mother.
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