Twitter reacts to the #RoyalBaby name

Published 10:45 am Monday, May 4, 2015

Great Britain’s newest princess, born over the weekend to Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge and her husband, Prince William, has been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. She will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.

Charlotte will be fourth in line to the throne after her grandfather, Prince Charles, her father and her older brother, Prince George, who was born in July 2013.

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Charlotte, a feminine form of Charles, likely pays tribute to her grandfather, while Elizabeth and Diana serve as reminders of her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, and her paternal grandmother, Princess Diana, who died in 1997.

News of the name announcement took little time to trend on Twitter. Here is a sampling of reaction: