The Queen makes awkward blunder calling Prince Louis her seventh great-grandson on his birthday when he’s her sixth
PRINCE Louis is celebrating his second birthday today, and the royal family have been showering the tot with birthday wishes.
But there was a rather awkward blunder in the Queen’s birthday message to her great-grandson.
The tweet shared on her official Twitter account read: “Happy Birthday to Prince Louis
“HRH is The Queen’s seventh great-grandchild. Today he turns two!”
The message, likely to have been written by a member of the Queen's social media team, was accompanied by the portraits taken of Louis by his mum Kate Middleton.
However, pointed out that the Royal Family Twitter account had made a small error in the message.
Prince Louis is in fact the Queen’s sixth great-grandchild with Zara and Mike Tindall’s youngest daughter Lena, her seventh.
Lena arrived on 18th June 2018, two months after her second cousin Prince Louis was born on April 23.
The Queen has a total of eight great-grandchildren with Savannah Phillips, 11, the eldest and 11-month-old Archie Harrison the youngest.
The Queen wasn’t the only member of the royal family to wish Prince Louis a happy birthday with Prince Charles sharing an adorable unseen photo of his grandson.
In the charming black and white snap Charles, 71, can be seen hugging Louis.
Prince Louis is today celebrating his second birthday at his home of Anmer Hall in Norfolk where the Cambridges are self-isolating.
And the toddler marked the occasion by making a rainbow poster for the NHS.
His artwork will go in the window at home as the nation again joins forces at 8pm tonight to clap NHS staff and carers.
Louis was snapped earlier this month by his mum Kate.
Louis will celebrate his birthday with parents Wills and Kate and siblings George, six, and Charlotte, four.
No other family or friends will be allowed to visit or join a birthday party due to lockdown rules.
Though the Cambridges are likely to use video call to speak to Louis' grandparents, even though they claim Louis has a habit of hanging up.
Most read in Fabulous
In other royal news, we told you how the Queen is delighted with Kate and Will's effort to support frontline workers.
READ MORE SUN STORIES
Last week, Kate and William warned of an “ever-increasing” need for mental health support amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
They also revealed their worries for Prince Charles’s mental wellbeing after he was recently forced into isolation with coronavirus.