--- title: Royal Baby Prince Louis Arthur Charles Has a Star Friend description: Louis Tomlinson of One Direction is ready to mentor the new royal Prince Louis in the ways of being named "Louis." canonical: https://time.com/5257557/prince-louis-louis-tomlinson/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-27T15:47:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:28.116Z og:title: Prince Louis Already Has a Famous Friend og:description: Louis Tomlinson of One Direction is ready to be the young royal's mentor og:url: https://time.com/5257557/prince-louis-louis-tomlinson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb12daf6ebbc6631/69892ee0fb4eacd36f896766/gettyimages-950938058.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2265 og:image:height: 1274 og:image:alt: The Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge Depart The Lindo Wing With Their New Son og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Louis Already Has a Famous Friend twitter:description: Louis Tomlinson of One Direction is ready to be the young royal's mentor twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb12daf6ebbc6631/69892ee0fb4eacd36f896766/gettyimages-950938058.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Royal Baby Prince Louis Already Has a Famous Friend > Sponsored content. 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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge departs the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital with her newborn baby son on April 23, 2018 in London, England. The Duchess delivered a boy at 11:01 am, weighing 8lbs 7oz, who will be fifth in line to the throne. Max Mumby/Indigo—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 27, 2018 3:47 PM UTC Louis was not the odds-on favorite for the royal baby’s name; in fact, bookies had it at 33 to 1, and it’s only the 71st most popular boy name [in England](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43922335). But the newly-named [Prince Louis Arthur Charles](http://time.com/5257228/prince-louis-lord-mountbatten-meaning/) of Cambridge already has at least one very famous namesake who’s more than ready to be his friend and teach him the ways of the name of Louis. It’s Louis Tomlinson, fellow Brit and member of the superstar boy band [One Direction](http://time.com/4794745/niall-horan-one-direction-billboard/). “Young Louis welcome to the world,” Tomlinson tweeted out gamely on Friday following the big name reveal. “I’ll take you under my wing lad. The Adidas tracksuit is in the post!” (Tomlinson’s signature look is, naturally, that Adidas tracksuit.) While One Direction is currently on hiatus, Tomlinson has released a few [independent tracks](http://time.com/4597311/louis-tomlinson-x-factor-mother-death/) in his solo career so far and is himself father to a two-year-old son, [Freddie Reign](http://people.com/celebrity/louis-tomlinson-son-musical-footsteps-teen-choice-awards/). > [](https://twitter.com/Louis%5FTomlinson/status/989834687190372353) While royal experts note that Prince William and Kate Middleton probably were inspired to name their new son after [Louis Mountbatten](http://time.com/5257228/prince-louis-lord-mountbatten-meaning/), a lord who was Prince Charles’s great-uncle, Tomlinson’s fans are pretty sure that they might just be secret One Direction fans after all. > [](https://twitter.com/tonysheps/status/989807570939514880) > [](https://twitter.com/sianreed93/status/989807714007179264) > [](https://twitter.com/mssweetcreature/status/989809093434015744) [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5255802/tina-brown-meghan-markle-was-destined-to-be-the-ideal-21st-century-princess/) and Prince Harry, now it’s your move. Is a Prince [Niall](http://time.com/4991815/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-30/item/seeing-blind-niall-horan-feat-maren-morris/) or Prince [Liam](http://time.com/5247823/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-49/item/familiar-liam-payne-and-j-balvin/) in our future, perhaps? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5257557/prince-louis-louis-tomlinson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5257557/prince-louis-louis-tomlinson/"},"headline":"New Royal Baby Prince Louis Already Has a Famous Friend","datePublished":"2018-04-27T15:47:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:28.116Z","description":"Louis Tomlinson already has a gift in mind","url":"https://time.com/5257557/prince-louis-louis-tomlinson/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal baby","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb12daf6ebbc6631/69892ee0fb4eacd36f896766/gettyimages-950938058.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb12daf6ebbc6631/69892ee0fb4eacd36f896766/gettyimages-950938058.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge Depart The Lindo Wing With Their New Son","caption":"The Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge Depart The Lindo Wing With Their New Son","creditText":"Max Mumby/Indigo—Getty 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/5257557/prince-louis-louis-tomlinson/","name":"New Royal Baby Prince Louis Already Has a Famous Friend"}}]}] ```