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Louis is from birth a [[prince of the United Kingdom]], entitled to the style of [[Royal Highness]] under [[letters patent]] issued by his great-grandmother [[Queen Elizabeth II]] on 31 December 2012, which gave the title and style to all children of the Prince of Wales's eldest son.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60384|date=8 January 2013|page=213}}</ref> He is thus styled "His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge".<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Prince Louis Arthur Charles: New royal baby name announced by Duke and Duchess of Cambridge|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/27/prince-louis-arthur-charles-new-royal-baby-name-announced-duke/|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=27 April 2018|date=27 April 2018|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah|last2=Boyle|first2=Danny}}</ref>

Prince Louis is fifth in the [[line of succession to the British throne]], behind his grandfather, father and older siblings, [[Prince George of Cambridge|Prince George]] and [[Princess Charlotte of Cambridge|Princess Charlotte]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|title=Duchess gives birth to baby boy|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43864933|work=BBC News|access-date=23 April 2018|date=23 April 2018}}</ref> Following the implementation of the [[Perth Agreement]], which replaced [[male-preference primogeniture]] with [[absolute primogeniture]], he is the first British prince to be ranked behind an elder sister in the line of succession.<ref name="BBC1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-43730158|title=Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to new prince|date=23 April 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref>

==See also==