LADY LOUISE WINDSOR is a low-key member of the Royal Family who is much-loved by the Queen.
Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex‘s eldest child Lady Louise was famously close to her late grandfather Prince Philip and is said to be a favourite of the Queen‘s.
Despite being granted the title of “princess” from birth, Louise was raised outside the limelight and caught the attention of fans when she became the first of the Queen’s grandchildren to step out in public following the Duke of Edinburgh’s death on April 9, 2021.
Lady Louise Windsor will most likely not become a working royal
Who is Lady Louise Windsor?
Lady Louise is 14th in line to the throne and is the Queen’s youngest granddaughter.
Lady Louise was born prematurely on November 8, 2003, at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey and was delivered by emergency C-section.
She was born with the eye condition esotropia and had a procedure to correct her vision at 18 months, which failed, and was repeated in 2014.
She attended school in Windsor before moving to an Ascot school near to her parents’ home, Bagshot Park.
The Wessex family, which also includes Louise’s 11-year-old brother James, Viscount Severn, are said to be close to the Queen and her late husband Philip.
A royal insider said: “The Queen loves the fact that Louise and James relish their time at Balmoral, and she has become particularly close to Louise, who seems to have become her favourite grandchild, closely followed by James.
“Louise also endeared herself to everyone by looking after William and Kate’s children when they were up here.
“Louise loves drawing and sketching and was very patiently trying to get Charlotte to do pictures of rabbits and deer.
“Because of her obvious artistic skill, the Queen allowed Louise to look through some of the collection of Queen Victoria’s Highlands sketches which are kept at Balmoral but are rarely dug out these days.”
Ingrid Seward told Fabulous Digital that the Queen likes “ordinary people more than she does those that pander to her”.
Louise also enjoys carriage driving and reportedly learnt the art from her grandfather, Prince Philip.
The royal left his beloved ponies and carriage to his granddaughter on his death.
She was seen carriage driving at a Platinum Jubilee event attended by the Queen in Windsor on May 15, 2022.
Louise is 16th in line to the throne, behind her younger brother James, as they were both born before the 2013 Succession to the Crown Act, which officially ended the centuries-old rule that male offspring take precedence over females.
Is Lady Louise Windsor a princess?
Unlike the rest of the Queen’s grandchildren, Louise and James do not hold the title of princess and prince and are not addressed as HRH.
The Queen has eight grandchildren – including Louise and James, Peter and Zara Phillips, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and Princes William and Harry.
Yet not all were given hereditary titles.
Prince Edward, upon his wedding to Sophie Rhys-Jones, agreed with the Queen that their kids would be deemed as children of an Earl, instead of being called His or Her Royal Highness.
Princess Anne’s children, Zara and Peter also don’t have royal titles but Louise and James are the Queen’s first male-line descendants not to have one.
Will Lady Louise become a working royal?
It is most likely that Lady Louise will not become a working royal.
When she turned 18 in 2021, insiders said that Lady Louise is most likely to continue her studies at university rather than take an HRH title.
In June 2020, her mother Sophie Wessex said: “She’s working hard and will do A-levels.
“I hope she goes to university. I wouldn’t force her, but if she wants to. She’s quite clever.
“We try to bring them up with the understanding that they are very likely to have to work for a living.
“Hence we made the decision not to use HRH titles.
“They have them and can decide to use them from 18, but it’s highly unlikely.”
Louise will be taking English, History, Politics and Drama for her A-level exams in 2022.
