The Royal Baby 2.0 Christening

Today was such an exciting day across the pond! Prince William and Duchess Catherine Middleton's first daughter, Princess Charlotte, was christened. I have been following the royal family religiously since William and Kate got married in 2011. I believe that Kate is an inspiration to all women. She came from a common family, met Prince William at university, fell in love, and had to learn to walk the walk and talk the talk in Buckingham Palace. I couldn't imagine the pressure she felt from the people of England. She went from living a normal life to living a royal life. She's truly making Princess Diana a proud mother.

There are two exciting days for Londoners when a royal baby is born: the day of birth and the day of the christening. When both Prince George and Princess Charlotte were born, the way that William and Kate presented their children to the world were very similiar. On both of the days that their children were born, William and Kate came outside the hospital wing and greeted the world with their newborns for a couple of minutes and drove off in their black Range Rover to spend the rest of the day in private. As for the day of the christening for both children, the ceremonies were quite different.

Here is a video of the way Prince George was presented on the day of his christening:

Here is a video of the way Princess Charlotte was presented on the day of her christening:

As you can see, these presentation were drastically different. Princess Charlotte was christened in St. Mary Magdalene Church, 110 miles north of London, where Princess Diana was baptized in 1961 and where she was buried in 1997. Prince George was baptized in St. James' Palace in central London. For Princess Charlotte's ceremony, tourists are allowed to share the occasion with the royal family by standing near the wooden-arched gate of the church. For Prince George's ceremony, tourists were pushed up aganist the doors of St. James' Palace.

It seems like Princess Charlotte's christening was a much more intimate ceremony, located far away from central London in a place that is close to the family's heart. I'm still wondering why the royal family hasn't shown an up-close picture of Princess Charlotte like they did with Prince George at the christening. Is it because they have a girl? Does the royal family want to keep Princess Charlotte close and safe because this is the second girl related to the family by blood after Princess Diana?

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