PRINCESS Charlotte is repeating history by being christened in the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Sandringham.
The last great-granddaughter of a serving sovereign to be born in direct succession on the male line – Princess Mary – was also baptised in the same church 118 years ago in 1897.
George VI’s younger sister, Princess Mary, was born in the year her great-grandmother Queen Victoria marked her Diamond Jubilee, while Charlotte arrived in the year her great-grandmother the Queen is due to overtake Victoria’s record as the country’s longest reigning monarch.
St Mary Magdalene was also where Charlotte’s late grandmother, Diana, Princess of Wales, was christened on August 30, 1961.Diana was born at Park House on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Other notable christenings at the church include Princess Charlotte’s great-great-grandfather King George VI in 1896. Click link for full post from EXPRESS.