--- title: Prince Louis Slept Like a Baby at His Christening description: While royals fans around the world eagerly awaited Prince Louis's christening, the new royal baby was busy catching up on some Zs. canonical: https://time.com/5333798/prince-louis-christening-sleeping/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-09T20:41:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:44.949Z og:title: Royal Baby Prince Louis Slept Like a Baby at His Christening og:description: The new royal was spotted getting some shut-eye og:url: https://time.com/5333798/prince-louis-christening-sleeping/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt254e46fa57f2438f/698934ed8fd2ee19a935c156/prince-louis-christening.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Christening Of Prince Louis of Cambridge at St James's Palace og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Royal Baby Prince Louis Slept Like a Baby at His Christening twitter:description: The new royal was spotted getting some shut-eye twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt254e46fa57f2438f/698934ed8fd2ee19a935c156/prince-louis-christening.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Royal Baby Prince Louis Slept Like a Total Baby at His Christening > Sponsored content. 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Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 9, 2018 8:41 PM UTC While royals fans around the world eagerly awaited [Prince Louis’s christening](http://time.com/5326633/prince-louis-christening-watch/), the new royal baby was busy catching up on some Zs. When [Kate Middleton](http://time.com/5333401/what-kate-wore-at-christening/) arrived at the Chapel Royal at St. James’ Palace in London on Monday, cameras captured the 2-month-old Prince Louis adorably dozing in her arms, completely unaware of the fanfare surrounding the day. The Duchess of Cambridge—sporting a white suit dress by British design house [Alexander McQueen](https://people.com/royals/kate-middleton-prince-louis-royal-christening/)—was accompanied to the christening by her husband Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and their two older children, [Prince George and Princess Charlotte](http://time.com/5331895/prince-george-princess-charlotte-christening/). > [](https://twitter.com/elliotwagland/status/1016344585201770496) Other notable attendees included Prince Louis’s godparents—Nicholas van Cutsem, Guy Pelly, Harry Aubrey-Fletcher, Lady Laura Meade, Mrs. Robert Carter and Lucy Middleton—as well as his newly-wed aunt and uncle, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5333798/prince-louis-christening-sleeping/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5333798/prince-louis-christening-sleeping/"},"headline":"Royal Baby Prince Louis Slept Like a Total Baby at His Christening","datePublished":"2018-07-09T20:41:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:44.949Z","description":"The new royal was spotted getting some shut-eye","url":"https://time.com/5333798/prince-louis-christening-sleeping/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt254e46fa57f2438f/698934ed8fd2ee19a935c156/prince-louis-christening.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt254e46fa57f2438f/698934ed8fd2ee19a935c156/prince-louis-christening.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Christening Of Prince Louis of Cambridge at St James's Palace","caption":"Christening Of Prince Louis of Cambridge at St James's Palace","creditText":"Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/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/5333798/prince-louis-christening-sleeping/","name":"Royal Baby Prince Louis Slept Like a Total Baby at His Christening"}}]}] ```