Princess Charlotte: A Life Cut Short

The Tragic Story of Britain's Lost Queen

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WEB Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (7 January 1796 – 6 November 1817) was the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV), and Caroline of Brunswick.

WEB Princess Charlotte of Wales (Charlotte Elizabeth Diana; born 2 May 2015) is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

WEB Princess Charlotte was born at 8:34am on 2 May 2015 at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, weighing 8lb 3oz. As the second child of The Prince and Princess of Wales, she is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne.

On the morning of Thursday, 7 January 1796, the German midwife Charlotte von Siebold arrived at Carlton House, the London residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales. She had been summoned to attend the birth of their first child.

WEB A new image of Princess Charlotte taken by her mother, Catherine, has been released to mark her ninth birthday.