Royal Family News: Stunning Reason Royals Baptizing Their Children At Young Age

British royal family news shows that the monarchy usually choose to baptize royal babies at a fairly young age. Three months is the typical age for royal babies to be baptized and this week it was revealed that one royal baby will have to wait beyond this point to be baptized.

Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank were planning to have their first child’s baptism in July. Now comes word that their son August’s christening is postponed to accommodate a guest who is in COVID isolation.

Royal Family News – August Brooksbank’s Baptism Postponed

Little August Brooksbank is five months old. He is already past the date at which many royal christenings occur and now it appears that he will wait a little bit longer for his big milestone. His was to be a private ceremony with Queen Elizabeth and his aunt Princess Beatrice confirmed to be in attendance.

William and Kate the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge christened their firstborn Prince George at three months old, their daughter Princess Charlotte at two months old and their youngest Prince Louis at three months of age.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle christened their son Archie Harrison when he was just two months old.

Royal Family News – Royal Christenings Occur Early

The late Princess Diana baptized her sons William and Harry at two and three months old respectively and Sarah Ferguson had Princess Beatrice baptized when she was four months old.

Conversely, she waited months to christen her second child Princess Eugenie. At the time People reported that the delay was so as to accommodate her then-husband Prince Andrew who was away at work.

Royal Family New – Why Are Royal Baptisms So Early?

Why do royals christen their children at relatively young ages? For one thing, the royal babes are dressed in the Honiton lace christening gown, an heirloom which was made for Queen Victoria’s daughter in 1841.

The gown is meant for a small baby thus the present-day royals must baptize while the infant is still small in size. The Queen and her children were all baptized in the gown.

After the baptism of Lady Louise Windsor in 2004, it was decided the vintage dress was too fragile for further use and the Queen commissioned an exact replica to replace the original.

Since then the replica gown, small size and all, has been used by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s three children, infant Archie Harrison and Sophie and Edward’s son James, Viscount Severn.

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