The world's newest Royal has been given a name!

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge welcomed their second child into the world on Saturday!

The little princess arrived at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, weighing 8lb 3oz, and made her first public appearance before she was a day old.

And now after much anticipation her parents have settled on a name, with Kensington Palace making the announcement on social media last night, posting:

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to announce that they have named their daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 4, 2015

The baby will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 4, 2015

Princess Charlotte’s middle names are a fitting tribute to her family members, most notably William’s late mother Diana.

The name Elizabeth is not only the name of her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth, as well as her great, great grandmother the late Queen Mother, but it is also her mother Catherine’s middle name, along with her maternal grandmother Carol Middleton’s.

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The fourth-in-line’s arrival marks a new period for the Cambridge’s, who will be moving from Kensington Palace to their country home Amner Hall, with Prince William expected to take up a new post as a helicopter ambulance pilot in a few short weeks.

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42 Comments

- - christial said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    9:11 pm
I love how they have put Diana into the new princesses name.

- - bellabecca said
  - 08 Jun 2015
    1:07 pm
Beautiful name, Charlotte has always been on my girls list

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    7:37 pm
Smashing couple – love their approachability and great love that radiates from them all x

- - mom113055 said
  - 07 Jun 2015
    5:10 pm
great to read all these here

- - mom113055 said
  - 01 Jun 2015
    3:19 pm
exellent to read this

- - mle00 said
  - 26 May 2015
    11:29 pm
These guys are the cutest

- - mom138374 said
  - 24 May 2015
    11:22 pm
Very pretty name but obviously, they couldn’t pick something too out there!

- - EllenG89 said
  - 23 May 2015
    8:43 am
So exciting and what a gorgeous name. Especially with the little homage to his mother. Cannot wait to see the beautiful lady she grows up to be!

- - talwin said
  - 13 May 2015
    1:46 pm
Such a pretty name for the beautiful princess. Both my kids were named after they were born, sometime you just look at the baby and the name just fall in your head.

- - mom113055 said
  - 12 May 2015
    3:56 pm
it s great

- - mom94125 said
  - 12 May 2015
    3:12 pm
I like the name charlotte and it will be a fine name for a princess

- - mom113055 said
  - 10 May 2015
    3:05 pm
quality great exellent

- - sarbear73 said
  - 06 May 2015
    2:09 pm
Beautiful name,I am so glad they chose to have Diana in there somewhere too! We had already chosen the names before our three were born. I was right on the sex of our babies all three times too!

- - rovermum said
  - 06 May 2015
    2:04 pm
We had already decided on a boy and girl’s name before our son arrived. There was a bit of to and froing as other people used the names before us. It took a little while for us to agree on a name, but it wasn’t too difficult. I just love the Princess’ name, it is just beautiful and quite fitting.

- - jenniw said
  - 06 May 2015
    1:22 pm
What a beautiful name for a beautiful baby.. they all look so happy
- mom93821 replied
  
  07 May 2015 , 6:37 am
  They do indeed; look very happy!
- - mom93821 said
  - 06 May 2015
    6:21 am
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge has such a lovely ‘ring’ to it!

- - grayza said
  - 05 May 2015
    11:33 pm
Congratulations Kate and William – I am glad they had a girl and it is a lovely name.

- - scipia said
  - 05 May 2015
    11:28 pm
Beautiful name to match a beautiful princess. Just gorgeous.

- - kjgarner said
  - 05 May 2015
    7:56 pm
Great choice of name, my daughter is called Charlotte

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 05 May 2015
    7:32 pm
Congratulations to Wills, Kate and dear little George. It can be difficult deciding on a child’s name. My children’s names are Nicole Louise, Steven Keith, Simone Leeanne and Scott William. Simone was almost called Deborah.