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Baby name trends roll in cycles, like many things. And one of the most popular trends to have emerged in recent years is the recycling of old fashioned names. As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have recently demonstrated, naming their newborn daughter Lilibet after the childhood nickname of 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth, there s a lovely sentiment in choosing an old fashioned name for a modern day baby.
If you take a look at the Office for National Statistics most up-to-date data on baby names (from all births that took place in the year 2019), it proves just how much the vintage baby naming trend has taken hold over the last few years. Because there are two names that have recently re-entered the ‘most popular’ list for the first time in almost 100 years.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcomed their daughter, Lilibet 'Lili' Mountbatten-Windsor on Friday. Her name honours Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
It won t necessarily be as straight forward as King Charles Jun 4, 2021
Prince Charles has been heir apparent to the throne since he was three years old. Now, at the age of 72, his mother Queen Elizabeth remains healthy and able to carry out her duties as monarch, so Charles position hasn t changed. But at some stage it will be time for the Prince of Wales to take the crown - and when that happens he can expect some major changes.
There will be the obvious things, like moving from his home in Clarence House to Buckingham Palace, and then of course there will be a change in title. Prince Charles is currently the Prince of Wales, but when he eventually becomes king that title will pass down to his son, Prince William.