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This image taken by Michael Middleton, the Duchess's father, in early August 2013 and supplied by Kensington Palace, shows the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their son, Prince George, in the garden of the Middleton family home in Bucklebury, England, with Tilly the retriever, seen left, a Middleton family pet, and Lupo, the couple's cocker spaniel. (AP)
Britain's Prince George is to be christened at 3pm on Wednesday (23.10.13) in The Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, central London, Kensington Palace has confirmed.
The baby will be christened George Alexander Louis.
Kensington Palace has confirmed the baptism of Prince William and Duchess Catherine's two-month-old son will take place in The Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, central London, and will be conducted by The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby.
The Tudor chapel at St James’s Palace is also where Princess Diana's coffin was laid here before her funeral so her friends and family.
That William has chosen to christen his son here is undoubtedly his way of including Diana in the ceremony, a poignant tribute to Diana.
Royal babies are christened in rver Jordan's waters, a tradition that dates back to King Richard I and is based on Christ’s immersion in the River Jordan by John the Baptist.
Queen Elizabeth is partly responsible for the 45-minute ceremony taking place in the afternoon as she is holding a reception at Buckingham Palace earlier in the day for the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.
Prince George will wear a replica gown of the lace and satin royal christening robe made for Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter in 1841 from the same fabric as her wedding dress. HM’s dressmaker, Liverpudlian Angela Kelly, made a copy.
Despite speculation about who George's godparents will be, royal aides have confirmed such details, and those about who else has been invited to the event, will not be known until the day.
Zara Phillips is the most likely royal godmother as both William and Kate admire the way she has built a career within the royal fold, winning an Olympic medal and so on. Of all his cousins, she is probably William’s favourite, and they are closest in age.
It was recently reportedly the ceremony will be an intimate affair, which could see William's aunts, Princess Anne and Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, as well as George's great-uncles, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, all excluded from the guest list.
What's more, William's school friend Fergus Boyd and Catherine's school pal Emilia d'Erlanger have been heavily tipped to be two of the youngster's godparents.
Princess Beatrice was the last royal baby to be christened at The Chapel Royal in 1988, while the queen, Prince Charles and William were all christened at Buckingham Palace.
A top layer of Leicestershire baker Fiona Cairns's booze-laden, iced white and cream wedding cake, has been defrosted for the christening tea.
The mint has made a set of pricey collectible coins to commemorate the event. There are £5 coins priced at £13 and other silver and gold examples that will sell for as much as £50,000. The latter are the size of a saucer and contain a kilo of gold.
After the ceremony, photographs will be taken at Buckingham Palace of Prince George with Prince William, Prince Charles and the Queen.
It will be the first time a reigning monarch has been photographed with three heirs since Queen Victoria, who was pictured with the future Edward VII, George V and Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor, at his christening in 1894.
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