Lady Louise Windsor has grown from a shy young girl into a beautiful woman… Philip & late Queen would have been proud

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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.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex leaving the hospital with their newborn daughter. — Proud parents Prince Edward and his wife Sophie Wessex pose with their first-born

Lady Louise Windsor smiles while participating in a carriage driving event. — Lady Louise Windsor has come a long way since I photographed the young royal

Queen Elizabeth II and Lady Louise Windsor at a horse show. — The late Queen would have been proud that Louise wants to serve King and country in the Army

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.

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.

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