EXCLUSIVE: Lady Louise Windsor is a member of the University Officers’ Training Corps at St Andrews and is said to be making it known she wants to follow in the footsteps of her late grandmother
The role that lies ahead for the Prince of Wales is one that few would envy, but he is thankfully surrounded by many supportive and experienced family members who will no doubt be there to do whatever they can to aid him. While the strictures of the slimmed-down monarchy are by now very well-known, there have been times that the likely future of what the Royal Family could look like under Prince William’s reign have been showcased with his close cousins joining him at engagements.
And while his two youngest cousins – Lady Louise Windsor, 21, and James, Earl of Wessex, 17, – are still in education, a leading expert has suggested that the pair could be on hand in the future, especially because of the influence their mother, and indeed the late Queen, have had on them.
Following the Duchess of Edinburgh’s 60th birthday on 20 January, reports were made that Williamwill give his aunt a key role in the future. A royal insider told The Sunday Times: “They [the Waleses and the Edinburghs] get on very well.” The source then added that they believe that the Prince of Wales will be “eager for his aunt and uncle to play a more prominent role in public life”.
This popularity also extends to the Edinburghs’ two children, particularly after images surfaced of Lady Louise’s determination to follow in her family’s footsteps and be involved in the Armed Forces.
Praising the royal, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond told OK!: “I think there is quite a lot of her grandmother in Lady Louise. Elizabeth was champing at the bit to do her military service, but by the time she was old enough to join up, the war was almost over.