{"id":304128,"date":"2025-07-30T14:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/304128\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:33:10","slug":"why-princess-charlottes-was-name-left-off-royal-record-with-prince-william","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/304128\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Princess Charlotte&#8217;s Was Name Left Off Royal Record with Prince William"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Princess Charlotte was not included in the Court Circular update about Prince William&#8217;s appearance at the UEFA Women&#8217;s EURO 2025 final in Switzerland<\/li>\n<li>The moment marked Princess Charlotte&#8217;s first public appearance at a game for England&#8217;s women&#8217;s national team<\/li>\n<li>Princess Charlotte&#8217;s attendance was a surprise, which might be the reason why her name was not in the log<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/princess-charlotte\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Charlotte<\/a> joined <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-william\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> for his latest engagement, but her name was missing from the royal family&#8217;s official record of past outings.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On July 27, Princess Charlotte, 10, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/princess-charlotte-makes-surprise-appearance-with-prince-william-at-soccer-game-11777818\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tagged along with her dad to the UEFA Women&#8217;s EURO 2025 final<\/a> between England and Spain in Basel, Switzerland. The Prince of Wales appeared at the game in his role as patron of the Football Association, English soccer&#8217;s governing body, and brought Charlotte in a surprise appearance.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> It was a special day out for the dad and daughter, and Princess Charlotte&#8217;s first public appearance at a game for the England women&#8217;s national team <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-and-princess-charlotte-wish-lionesses-good-luck-7693227\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she has long cheered for<\/a> with Prince William. However, her name was not included in the Court Circular recap like William&#8217;s was.\n<\/p>\n<p> Prince William (second from right) and Princess Charlotte (right) at the UEFA Women&#8217;s EURO 2025 final on July 27, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus Hellin via Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;The Prince of Wales, Patron, the Football Association, having been received at EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg by His Majesty&#8217;s Consul-General for the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein (Mr. Richard Shackleton), this evening attended the Union of European Football Associations Women&#8217;s Euro Final between England and Spain at St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland,&#8221; said the July 27 entry, which referred to William by his Prince of Wales title.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The update came from Kensington Palace, the office where William and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kate-middleton\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Middleton<\/a> are based.\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Charlotte and Prince William on July 27, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Langer\/DeFodi Images\/DeFodi via Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/media-centre\/court-circulars\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Court Circular<\/a> is the British royal family&#8217;s official record of previous royal engagements and is usually refreshed online about one day after an appearance is made.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> While Princess Charlotte was by Prince William&#8217;s side throughout the thrilling Euro finals, where England beat Spain 3-1 on penalties, her name likely wasn&#8217;t listed for the simple reason that she is not considered to be a working royal.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Prince and Princess of Wales&#8217; only daughter might embrace that commitment one day as an adult, but for now, she and her brothers, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-george\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince George<\/a>, 12, and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-louis\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Louis<\/a>, 7, are focused on a relatable obligation: school.\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Charlotte at the UEFA Women&#8217;s EURO 2025 final on July 27, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Byrne\/PA Images via Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> While the Court Circular is a record of previous appearances by working members of the royal family, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis&#8217; names are occasionally shared there.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The children&#8217;s names were included in the entries from Buckingham Palace about the royal family&#8217;s appearances at Trooping the Colour on June 14 and events commemorating the 80th anniversary of VE Day on May 5.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> However, George and Charlotte&#8217;s names were not listed in the July 13 log from Kensington Palace about the Wimbledon Championships. While Prince George and Princess Charlotte <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-george-princess-charlotte-surprise-appearance-wimbledon-kate-middleton-prince-william-11771016\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined their parents that day<\/a> to see the men&#8217;s singles final of the tennis tournament, their names were not included in the Court Circular summary of the outing.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William at the Wimbledon Championships on July 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Karwai Tang\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Can&#8217;t get enough of PEOPLE&#8217;s Royals coverage?<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-royals-newsletter-sign-up-8692768\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Sign up for our free Royals newsletter<\/a> to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;The Prince of Wales and The Princess of Wales, Patron, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and the Lawn Tennis Association, this afternoon attended the Gentlemen&#8217;s Final of the Lawn Tennis Championships at Church Road, Wimbledon, London SW19,&#8221; that entry said, shouting out Princess Kate&#8217;s patronage of the club where Wimbledon is held.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Just like Charlotte&#8217;s soccer Sunday with William, George and Charlotte&#8217;s attendance at Wimbledon was not announced in advance, which might explain why their names were missing from the Court Circular statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Princess Charlotte was not included in the Court Circular update about Prince William&#8217;s appearance at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-304128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114942679772954354","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}