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Cherington, the usually quiet village where the christening took place, was overwhelmed with royal visitors on Sunday afternoon as Her Majesty was joined by The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William and Mia’s grandmother, The Princess Royal who all attended the Christening as well as a lunch beforehand.
Zara and Mike were the first to arrive at the church with Mia and they were accompanied by Iain Balshaw, a friend of Mike Tindall’s and former England rugby player.
The church was just 5 minutes way from Gatcombe Park, Princess Anne’s house in Gloucestershire, and was also where Isla Phillips, Peter Phillips’s younger daughter, was christened back in 2012.
The occasion was first picked up on by an ITV correspondent who managed to capture brief video of the event, which took place in the early afternoon and was not announced to the media in advance. Neither The Duchess of Cambridge nor Mia’s infant cousin Prince George, believed to be settling into their new country home Anmer Hall in Norfolk, were at the event.
A crowd of around 20 well-wishers greeted The Queen and the Royal party as they arrived and, not being one to disappoint, Her Majesty rewarded the onlookers with a small wave. The Royal guests were then welcomed by a relatively new vicar who was remarked afterwards that he had been a “little nervous” at the thought of performing the service in front of such a high-profile congregation.
Buckingham Palace haven’t commented on the occasion yet and there’s no word on whether any official photos from the event will be released as was with the christening of Mia’s cousin Prince George and more distant cousin Maud Windsor late last year.
The almost 11-month wait for the christening to take place is notably longer than some of Mia’s cousins, with the wait not having exceeded four months with George and Maud.
16th-in-line to the throne, Mia is titled as plain ‘Miss’ by birth, just like her mother Zara who was not entitled to any royal title by birth – a fact that both Zara and her brother Peter have spoken appreciatively of in interviews. Similarly, Mia will not be expected to perform royal duties as she gets older.
Mia Grace Tindall (and that’s pronounced “My-ya”, not “Me-u”) is currently The Queen’s youngest great-grandchild, a title soon to be taken by the second child of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge once it’s born around April next year.
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why no royal title and no public servic
At birth the grandchild of the monarch is entitled to the style His/Her Royal Highness. Anne refused this, and didn’t let the Queen bestow that title. That’s why they have no title
No, there was no entitlement in the first place (see above comment).
Titles are inherited from fathers not mothers so Zara and Philip don’t inherit from the princess royal
No. At birth the grandchild of the monarch is entitled to the style His/Her Royal Highness. Anne refused this, and didn’t let the Queen bestow that title. That’s why they have no title.
No, it was Princess Anne who CHOSE not to give her children titles as she did not want them to have a life bound by royal duty.
That’s a separate issue. By birth, Princess Anne’s children were not entitled to royal titles, as with their cousins (such as Prince William or Princess Beatrice). The 1917 letters patent gives children of sons of the Monarch the title of Prince/Princess, but not the children of daughters.
I like the baby pink suit.
Going back to The Queen’s grandfather, George V, only males of the monarch could pass on a Royal title. The King’s only daughter’s children did not receive a royal title. It is of no use saying that Princess Anne refused to give them a title. The Queen offered Princess Anne’s then husband a title so that the children would not be simply Master or Miss, but he declined the offer.