LADY Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor was already 15 days old when I first got to take her photo.
Because of the drama of her premature birth it was November 23, 2003, before proud Prince Edward and his wife Sophie Wessex were able to pose outside Frimley Park Hospital with their first-born.
And they can be rightly proud of Lady Louise.
I have watched her grow from a shy young girl into a beautiful woman, who is confident among the crowds who turn out at Sandringham each Christmas.
Louise has come a long way since I photographed the young royal when Queen Elizabeth visited her Windsor primary school.
On that occasion, little Louise hid herself at the back of the class.
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I only knew she was there when the Queen spotted her and gave her granddaughter a discreet wave.
I’m sure Prince Philip and the late Queen would have been proud that Louise wants to serve King and country in the Army.