--- title: Prince Louis's Official Christening Photos Are Here description: Less than a week after the royal family flocked to Prince Louis's christening, Kensington Palace has released the official photos from the day. canonical: https://time.com/5338232/prince-louis-christening-photos/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-15T22:03:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:50.928Z og:title: Prince Louis's Official Royal Christening Photos Are Here and They're Just As Adorable As Expected og:description: The new royal baby made his public debut og:url: https://time.com/5338232/prince-louis-christening-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd58336677d46f2ce/69893553929fad6e35bf1123/prince-louis-christening-photos.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: Prince Louis's Official Royal Christening Photos Are Here and They're Just As Adorable As Expected twitter:description: The new royal baby made his public debut twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd58336677d46f2ce/69893553929fad6e35bf1123/prince-louis-christening-photos.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Louis's Official Royal Christening Photos Are Here and They're Just As Adorable As Expected > 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 15, 2018 10:03 PM UTC Less than a week after the [royal family](http://time.com/5334393/royal-family-air-force-event/) flocked to [Prince Louis’s christening](http://time.com/5333401/what-kate-wore-at-christening/), Kensington Palace has released the official photos from the happy day. Kensington Palace released four photos from Prince Louis’s christening on Sunday, taken by Matt Holyoak at Clarence House after the ceremony. The four photos show Louis with his parents (the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge), siblings (Prince George and Princess Charlotte), aunts and uncles (Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton, James Matthews and James Middleton) as well as Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla and Carole and Michael Middleton. Prince Louis was christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chapel Royal at London’s St James’s Palace in a private July 9 ceremony that was also [attended by Louis’s godparents](http://time.com/5325995/prince-louis-godparents/)—Nicholas van Cutsem, Guy Pelly, Harry Aubrey-Fletcher, Lady Laura Meade, Mrs. Robert Carter and Lucy Middleton. In the adorable photos from the occasion, Prince Louis can be seen in his white christening gown—a replica of a [historic garment](https://people.com/royals/princess-charlottes-christening-gown-how-it-was-made/) that dates back to the Victorian era—being officially baptized into the Church of England. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1018608659037933568) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1018608669423013888) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1018608679359217665) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1018608690172235777) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5338232/prince-louis-christening-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5338232/prince-louis-christening-photos/"},"headline":"Prince Louis's Official Royal Christening Photos Are Here and They're Just As Adorable As Expected","datePublished":"2018-07-15T22:03:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:50.928Z","description":"The new royal baby made his public debut","url":"https://time.com/5338232/prince-louis-christening-photos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal baby","royals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd58336677d46f2ce/69893553929fad6e35bf1123/prince-louis-christening-photos.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/bltd58336677d46f2ce/69893553929fad6e35bf1123/prince-louis-christening-photos.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/5338232/prince-louis-christening-photos/","name":"Prince Louis's Official Royal Christening Photos Are Here and They're Just As Adorable As Expected"}}]}] ```