Will Sophie take the title Princess

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Sophie will be 18 next month and will have the choice of whether to be styled HRH Princess Sophie or not. It was her parents decision not to have her styled thus even though she could be as the grandchild of the monarch. Not sure but I thought probably not. But if she was to become a working royal opening town halls and so on the title Princess would look better on the plaques.

You mean Louise. She’s unlikely to be a working royal.

Do you mean Louise?

Do you mean Sophie’s daughter Louise?

Name miss 😂. I think you mean lady Louise ?

I hope Louise won't take the princess title. She seems a lovely normal girl and it's just my view, but I think the monarchy slimming down to direct in line only would be a good thing.
I think Zara and Peter have been able to live a more normal life as a result of being less 'overtly royal' and think Edward and Sophie have also done well so far raising James and Louise under the radar.

I can't see it. I presume her parents (Sophie and Edward) have never wanted her (Louise) to be in the public eye so why would she now want that herself? And I don't think the public particularly want 'minor' royals to become working royals at public expense. I think most of the minor royals just want as much privacy as they can get and who would blame them. (And I think that the only reason that the York girls are titled Princess is because their father is an arrogant buffoon).

If she becomes a full-time working member of the RF, I imagine the monarch will bestow a title, but I don't think she will ever be 'Princess'.

I hope not. I liked that Anne brought up her children to build and live their own lives and I think the grandchildren should do the same. I am sure Louise would be much happier, in the long run, to live her own life away from the public glare. And her stepping up as working RF doesn't really fit in with the much-spoken agenda to slim the RF down.

I don’t think it’s her choice. She is Lady Louise, not Sophie.

And if this does happen, it will be because William and Catherine are too lazy to take on many engagements so have persuaded an 18-year old to step in and take on some of their work. An 18-year-old who won't truly understand what she was letting herself in for.

I’m sure she does know all too well what she’d be letting herself in for. Why on earth do you think the Cambridge’s would persuade her to do anything she didn’t want to do? How ridiculous.

I doubt she will take the title. Who would want to be a princess these days?

@MagpieMary I think an 18-year-old is too young to fully understand what they would be getting themselves into. You can at 18 years old think you know what a life situation would be like, but you don't have the life experience to really understand it.

I did mean Louise . Sorry.

And if this does happen, it will be because William and Catherine are too lazy to take on many engagements so have persuaded an 18-year old to step in and take on some of their work

How have the Cambridges personally offended you, julieca? Why do you find the need to make ludicrous statements like this, both here and elsewhere? Do you not think her own parents might have some say in what happens and be able to give her some advice? They have kept her without a title for a reason so I would imagine they would be able to explain to her why that was and give her some guidance as to how she could proceed. I’m sure the Cambridges will have nothing to do with it. I don't personally think she will take the title of Princess.

@julieca

And if this does happen, it will be because William and Catherine are too lazy to take on many engagements so have persuaded an 18-year old to step in and take on some of their work. An 18-year-old who won't truly understand what she was letting herself in for.

You don't think that maybe her parents will have made sure she fully understands and would not have let your ridiculous hypotheses happen?

"too lazy?"
Um right. We can see your agenda.
How about answering the OP's question?

And if this does happen, it will be because William and Catherine are too lazy to take on many engagements so have persuaded an 18-year old to step in and take on some of their work

Perhaps if William's brother hadn't buggered off to like the celebrity highlife and sell his family out the highest bidder, he wouldn't consider needing a bit more help...not that any of us know anything about what's going on in this respect anyway!

I think Lady Louise looks proper posh on the brass plaques anyway.

@MintyCedric have you look at the court circulars? I have William and Catherine could do far more engagements than they do.
Yes, I know the RF was perturbed that Harry and Meghan leaving meant someone had to cover their engagements. If W and C did as much as Anne, there would be no issue. But instead they are casting around for someone else who can be persuaded to waste their life covering what W and C should be doing anyway.

Honestly I'm not that interested but I'm not sure accusing W & C of being lazy is entirely accurate.

For a start we've had nearly 2 years of pandemic which I'm sure has curtailed the public engagement of all of the royals.

At least they have some sense of loyalty and responsibility to their family and the country that helps pay for them

You can look at the engagements for all RF members in the court circulars. Anne is affected by the pandemic and does lots of engagements. William and Catherine do not. And often what engagements they do include things like a phone call. This information is public. Just read the court circulars. They show quite clearly that they are lazy in terms of Royal duties anyway.

@julieca

And if this does happen, it will be because William and Catherine are too lazy to take on many engagements so have persuaded an 18-year old to step in and take on some of their work. An 18-year-old who won't truly understand what she was letting herself in for.

Uh, no. It would be because the Queen and possibly Charles have decided that they'd rather increase the number of working royals than decrease the number of engagements. Which they won't, because it's clear the plan is to slim everything down, and I think that's the right decision. But why does everyone think the monarchy has skipped two generations and William is now in charge of everything?

If Louise asked my opinion on what she should do, I'd probably advise her not to become a working royal. But most of the current ones have been doing engagements since much younger than 18, including Louise's father. She has as good an idea as anyone possibly could of what she'd be getting herself into, and there's nothing unreasonable about giving an 18-year-old the chance to decide.

No she knows what doing engagements is like. That is no big deal. But if the idea is for her to become a Princess and garner more media attention, no she will have no real understanding of what that is like. Anne does, which is why she kept her own children away from it.

@julieca

No she knows what doing engagements is like. That is no big deal. But if the idea is for her to become a Princess and garner more media attention, no she will have no real understanding of what that is like. Anne does, which is why she kept her own children away from it.

Edward does, too. And supposing Louise was given the choice, he'd probably advise against it for the same reasons. And of course she'd be free to talk to Anne about it, who would probably give her opinions on the subject very bluntly, just like she probably did to her own children. Eugenie and Beatrice would have a lot to add to that conversation, and presumably Louise can talk to them, too. For that matter, I don't see what's to stop her from calling up Meghan and getting her thoughts. I don't understand why you think anyone would try to trick her into agreeing to something she didn't want.