Who can be called a prince?
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Under a U.K. law dating back to 1917, the only people who can be called “prince” or “princess” are the children of a monarch, the children of the sons of a monarch and the oldest son of the Prince of Wales. That law was updated in 2012 to allow all children of the Prince of Wales to hold the title.
Under the previous law, Prince William and Princess Catherine’s daughter, Charlotte, would not have been a princess. But now she has the title, and William and Kate’s younger son, Louis, is a prince.
