Prince Louis Christening: Will We See Another Public Royal Baptism Like Princess Eugenie?

The fifth in line to the throne, Prince Louis, will be christened on July 9 at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will conduct the 40-minute service that will start at 4pm.

Kensington Palace confirmed the details last week, with more information to be announced on the day.

After Prince Louis' birth on St George's Day and Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle in May, the appetite for public royal events is at an all-time high.

However, it has been over 28 years since Princess Eugenie was baptised in a public christening on December 23, 1990, at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham.

She remains the first and only member of the monarchy to have had a public royal baptism.

Former royal family butler Grant Harold has rated the chances of a future royal baptism as high and has his money on a future child of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex being the ones to go for it.

He believes that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan do not have the same pressures as William.

Going by royal trend, it's unlikely from the point of view that no others have done it, but this is a modern, young royal family.

They do things slightly differently.

Who knows, when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have children, they might decide they want it to be a public thing.

Mr Harold believes there is a key reason why almost three decades have elapsed since the UK saw a public royal christening.

The decision to bring Eugenie's christening into the limelight might have been considered a very modern way of doing things at the time.

They haven't done another one since, so maybe they thought it is not as interesting as a royal wedding.

The move was likely to be a personal choice for the Duke and Duchess of Yorkshire and Queen at the time.

Younger relatives in recent years, including Prince William and Kate, have opted for small, private christenings attended by a few close family members and friends.

For whatever reason, they felt Eugenie's didn't quite work, and that's why all the rest of the christenings have been in private.

Christenings are very quick affairs, not like a royal wedding when you have all the build-up.

With a christening, it is a very straightforward simple process.

The baptisms of Prince George IV and his sister Princess Charlotte III were both small, intimate affairs with approximately 20 to 30 guests each.

Huge crowds lined the route taken by William and Kate on their way to the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Sandringham where Charlotte was baptised in July 2015.

Mr Harold is adamant the appetite for a public christening is there now because of the younger royals' popularity, particularly fab for William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan.

He thinks people would want to see a public christening, but at the same time, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge do have private lives.

They see the christening as something they want to keep between close friends and family, which is reasonable.

They are very protective of their young children, and they feel that privacy is the best way to do it.

In conclusion, the public's interest in royal events is at an all-time high, and Prince Louis' christening is no exception.