--- title: This Is When Princess Charlotte Will Be Christened description: At the same church where Princess Diana was baptized canonical: https://time.com/3910748/royal-baby-princess-charlotte-christening/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-05T15:15:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:26.059Z og:title: This Is When Princess Charlotte Will Be Christened og:description: At the same church where Princess Diana was baptized og:url: https://time.com/3910748/royal-baby-princess-charlotte-christening/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec90ea0884840450/69885331a988ca00b76b2e28/ap864047215552-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Princess Charlotte on May 2, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is When Princess Charlotte Will Be Christened twitter:description: At the same church where Princess Diana was baptized twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec90ea0884840450/69885331a988ca00b76b2e28/ap864047215552-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is When Princess Charlotte Will Be Christened ## Video: Most Popular Baby Names Of 2014 Include Some Surprises [Watch (HLS stream): Most Popular Baby Names Of 2014 Include Some Surprises](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FXfKfdOg.m3u8) (1:00)  _Published 2015-05-08. The top 10 baby names of 2014 have been released, and some new names have made the cut._ by [Simon Perry / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Simon Perry / People Contributor Jun 5, 2015 3:15 PM UTC  Princess Charlotte on May 2, 2015. Princess Charlotte on May 2, 2015.John Stillwell—PA Wire/Press Association Images/AP Images by [Simon Perry / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Simon Perry / People Contributor Jun 5, 2015 3:15 PM UTC Princess Charlotte will be christened close to home – and in the same church where her late grandmother Princess Diana was baptized. The service for the little royal will be held on July 5, at St. Mary Magdalene’s Church on Queen Elizabeth II’s Sandringham estate, Kensington Palace said in a statement to PEOPLE on Friday. It is on the Queen’s vast estate in Norfolk that [Prince William](http://www.people.com/people/prince%5Fwilliam) and [Princess Kate](http://www.people.com/people/kate%5Fmiddleton) have their 10-bedroom home, [Anmer Hall.](http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20395222%5F20923254,00.html) William’s mother Diana was born at Park House, which is also on the Sandringham estate. Charlotte will follow in the footsteps of Princess Eugenie, 25, whose ceremony was also held there. While St. Mary Magdalene Church was one of the places [being mulled over](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20927062,00.html) for the service, what was never in doubt is that Charlotte, like brother Prince George and other royal children, will be dressed in a family heirloom. The one-month-old is expected to be christened in the traditional christening gown, which was designed by the Queen’s assistant, Angela Kelly, and Buckingham Palace’s team of dressmakers in 2008 and based on a christening gown commissioned by Queen Victoria in the 19th century. The royals will also take the famous Lily Font with them for the service. The palace confirmed the ceremony will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, who baptized Prince George in October 2013\. It will be private, but it’s expected portraits, [like those taken of smiling George and his family](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20748891,00.html), will be released to the public afterwards. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20928419,00.html) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3910748/royal-baby-princess-charlotte-christening/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3910748/royal-baby-princess-charlotte-christening/"},"headline":"This Is When Princess Charlotte Will Be Christened","datePublished":"2015-06-05T15:15:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:26.059Z","description":"At the same church where Princess Diana was baptized","url":"https://time.com/3910748/royal-baby-princess-charlotte-christening/","keywords":["Newsfeed","U.K.","royals","Princess Charlotte"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec90ea0884840450/69885331a988ca00b76b2e28/ap864047215552-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Simon Perry / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec90ea0884840450/69885331a988ca00b76b2e28/ap864047215552-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Princess Charlotte on May 2, 2015.","caption":"Princess Charlotte on May 2, 2015.","creditText":"John Stillwell—PA Wire/Press Association Images/AP Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3910748/royal-baby-princess-charlotte-christening/","name":"This Is When Princess Charlotte Will Be Christened"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Most Popular Baby Names Of 2014 Include Some Surprises","description":"The top 10 baby names of 2014 have been released, and some new names have made the cut.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FXfKfdOg/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-08T16:19:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FXfKfdOg.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3910748/royal-baby-princess-charlotte-christening/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3910748/royal-baby-princess-charlotte-christening/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```