Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor was born on 8 November 2003, and generally known as Lady Louise Windsor, is the elder child of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Forfar, both members of the British royal family.
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Lady Louise's is a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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Lady Louise Windsor was born prematurely on 8 November 2003 at 23:32 GMT at Frimley Park Hospital in Frimley, Surrey, after her mother, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, was rushed there by ambulance from the Wessex home at Bagshot Park, Surrey.
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Lady Louise was delivered by emergency Caesarean section due to placental abruption, which caused severe blood loss to both child and mother.
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Lady Louise was transferred to a neo-natal unit in St George's Hospital, Tooting, London, as a precaution.
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Lady Louise's was baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 24 April 2004 by David Conner, the Dean of Windsor; her godparents were Lady Sarah Chatto, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Lady Alexandra Etherington, Francesca Schwarzenbach and Rupert Elliott.
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Lady Louise was the last child to wear the original royal christening gown.
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Lady Louise's had further treatment in late 2013 that corrected her eyes.
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Lady Louise attended St George's School, Windsor Castle before moving to St Mary's School Ascot in 2017 from Year 9.
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Lady Louise's chose English, history, politics and drama as her A-Level subjects.
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Lady Louise started studying English at the University of St Andrews in September 2022.
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In 2011, aged 7, Lady Louise was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
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At the age of 14, Lady Louise was a special attendant at the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.
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Lady Louise accompanied the Countess in attending the International Horse Show at Olympia, London, in December 2018.
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In September 2020, Lady Louise participated in the Great British Beach Clean with her family at Southsea Beach, in support of the Marine Conservation Society.
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Lady Louise is a member of Girlguiding, of which her grandmother was patron and her mother is president.
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Lady Louise's was taught to ride at a young age, and joined her father on horseback as part of the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations in Windsor in 2016.
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Lady Louise's has taken up carriage driving, a sport popularised in Britain by her grandfather, Prince Philip.
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In May 2019, Lady Louise took part in the Private Driving Singles carriage drive at the Royal Windsor Horse Show and achieved third place.
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Lady Louise's inherited her grandfather's driving ponies and carriage in April 2021.
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Lady Louise's is styled as "Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor", although letters patent issued in 1917 assign a princely status and the style of Royal Highness to all children of a monarch's sons.
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In 2020, the Countess of Wessex and Forfar stated that Lady Louise retained her royal title and style and would make a choice on whether to use it when she reached the age of 18.
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