Prince William has said that his mother Princess Diana would have loved her grandchildren “to bits.” During the 2017 documentary Diana Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, the Duke of Cambridge spoke about his late mom, joking, “She’d be a nightmare grandmother. Absolute nightmare. She’d love the children to bits, but she’d be an absolute nightmare.”
“She’d come and go and she’d come in, probably at bath time, cause an amazing amount of scene, bubbles everywhere, bath water all over the place and then leave,” William added.
While the Princess of Wales tragically passed away long before she could meet her grandkids, Prince William and Prince Harry are both keeping their mother’s memory alive for their respective children.
“We’ve got more photos up around the house now of her and we talk about her a bit,” William said in the documentary. “It’s hard, because obviously Catherine didn’t know her so she cannot really provide that level of detail, so I do, regularly putting George and Charlotte to bed, talk about her and just try and remind them that there are two grandmothers, there were two grandmothers, in their lives and so it’s important that they know who she was and that she existed.”
From their ages to their place in the line of succession, get to know the Princess of Wales’ adorable grandchildren...
© GettyImagesPrince George
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s son is the eldest of Princess Diana’s grandchildren
Full name: George Alexander Louis
Birthdate: July 22, 2013
Birthplace: St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London
Line of succession: Third in line to the throne
Fun fact: Prince George has reportedly played tennis with Wimbledon champion Roger Federer.
© The Duchess of CambridgePrincess Charlotte
The little Princess is the Cambridge’s second child and Princess Diana’s first granddaughter
Full name: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
Birthdate: May 2, 2015
Birthplace: St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London
Line of succession: Fourth in line to the throne
Fun fact: Like her paternal grandmother, Charlotte “loves” to dance. In 2017, William called (via HELLO!) his mother a “fantastic dancer.”
© The Duchess of CambridgePrince Louis
William and Kate’s youngest son is the Princess of Wales’ third grandchild
Full name: Louis Arthur Charles
Birthdate: April 23, 2018
Birthplace: St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London
Line of succession: Fifth in line to the throne
Fun fact: Louis was born weighing 8lbs 7oz, making him the biggest of the Cambridge babies (Charlotte weighed 8lb 3oz and George 8lbs 6oz)
© WireImageArchie Harrison
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first child marked Princess Diana’s fourth grandchild
Full name: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor
Birthdate: May 6, 2019
Birthplace: The Portland Hospital in London
Line of succession: Seventh in line to the throne
Fun fact: Harry revealed to James Corden in 2021 that Archie’s first word was “crocodile.”
© Getty ImagesLilibet Diana
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter (not pictured above) is currently the youngest of Princess Diana’s grandchildren
Full name: Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor
Birthdate: June 4, 2021
Birthplace: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA
Line of succession: Eighth in line to the throne
Fun fact: Lili, who was named after her great-grandmother the Queen whose family nickname is Lilibet, is the first of Princess Diana’s grandchildren to be born in the USA.
