26 NOVEMBER 2003
Prince Edward and his wife Sophie have chosen a name for their baby daughter, who was born two weeks ago.

They have paid homage to a number of family members, naming the little girl Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor. She shares three names with the Princess Royal, who was baptised Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise.

The newest addition to the royal family was delivered by emergency caesarean after the Countess was rushed to hospital suffering from stomach pains on November 8. Mother and child then faced a separation after the baby was taken to a neo-natal unit in London while Sophie was kept under observation at Frimley Park.

Sophie was released one week ago, and the happy family was finally back home together after baby Louise was discharged from hospital on Sunday.