Why Isn't Prince Louis at Trooping the Colour?
The whole royal family was up on the Buckingham Palace balcony this morning in celebration of the Queen's birthday parade. The whole family, that is, except its youngest member.
In keeping with recent tradition, Prince Louis, is not in attendance at today's Trooping the Colour celebration. He's simply too young.
Louis, who was born on April 23, is just six-weeks-old at this point, and has only made one public appearance on the steps of the Lindo Wing of the hospital. He was also deemed too young to attend his Uncle Harry's wedding last month.
At that time, Dr. Robin Jacobson, pediatrician at NYU Langone Pediatric Associates at Irving Place in New York City told T&C that while infants can go out in public shortly after they are born, it is preferable for them to stay home for two months.
"In truth a newborn baby could go on a plane or be out in public even the day after they’re born. We prefer though, that they not for the first two months because the worry is they’re going to get sick," she told T&C.
"I tell my new moms and dads, a week after a new baby is born, if you want to go for a walk, if you’re not anywhere too crowded, it’s fine, but you really don’t want to be in big crowds until they’re two months old."
While Louis is missed this morning, his presence at Trooping was a long shot. Prince George didn't make his Buckingham Palace balcony debut until June of 2015, or about a month before his second birthday:
And Princess Charlotte made hers in 2016, just after she turned two:
But waiting 24 months hasn't always been the case. The Queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, was seen on the balcony, in his mother's arms when he was just three months old.
And Prince Harry was a squirmy baby on the balcony at less than a year old in 1985.
The next time we'll see Louis will be at his christening later this summer. While a date for the baptism has yet to be shared publicly, it will likely be in July.
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