Royal Babies Quiz

You can never have enough first names if you’re a royal baby. In Britain, these infants are often graced with three or four first names, like William Arthur Philip Louis.

After every birth, the family places a framed note on an easel in front of the palace. People from all over the city line up to take a peak at the official announcement, because really, there’s nothing better to do in London.

Louis is fifth. Thanks to a law passed in 2013, boys no longer get priority over girls in determining the line of succession to the British throne.

The Tower of London lets off a 62-gun salute. The usual salute is 21 guns, but this is a royal baby, after all.

It’s been a long-standing tradition for British royalty to give birth at home. Diana was the first to zoom off to the hospital, St. Mary’s, where she birthed William and Harry.

British royal babies don’t get surnames. They just use the name of their royal house instead. So Prince George goes by George Cambridge at school.

Royal British men were never with their wives in the delivery room. Charles broke with tradition, staying with his wife during her labor.

It’s always a surprise. Ultrasound technology has been around for generations, but British royalty love to keep people guessing as to the baby’s sex until after the birth.

Government witnesses weren’t optional — they were there to make sure the babies were straight up legit, because you never know when someone might sneak another baby into the delivery room. The practice was finally ended in the 1920s.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, who performs the christening, always uses water from the River Jordan, which is where John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ. Incidentally, the service is always private and the same christening gown is passed around to various members of the Royal family.