Inside life of down-to-earth royal Lady Louise and why she snubbed HRH title
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Prince Edward and his family are expected to be shooting at Windsor this weekend. It's a 60th birthday present from King Charles to Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, but her daughter may well be the person who enjoys the experience the most. After all, it is said Lady Louise Windsor, aged 21, is a crack shot with a gun. The young royal hopes to join the military when she leaves University of St Andrews, the oldest of the four ancient universities in Scotland. If she becomes an Army officer, she will be the first female royal to serve in the Armed Forces since the late Queen, who was a Junior Commander with the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945.
But Lady Louise is determined to keep her feet on the ground, it is said. According to insiders, she works at the campus canteen of university where Prince William and Princess Kate met in 2001. In fact, Lady Louise is so down-to-earth that she refused to use her title, HRH Princess Louise, when she turned 18. She then took a £6.83-an-hour job at a garden centre in Surrey before she left for university.
When she turned 21 last year, Lady Louise was snapped dancing with boyfriend Felix da Silva-Clamp, whom it is believed she has been dating for some time. It is understood he works part-time at an ice cream parlour in St Andrews while undertaking his studies.
Speaking previously, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, said she felt both Lady Louise and son James, Earl of Wessex, would "highly unlikely" adopt their HRH titles once they reached 18. James turns 18 later this year but Sophie's hunch about her daughter came true.
