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Princess Diana's adorable grandchildren that she would have loved 'to bits'© Getty Images

Learn more about Princess Diana’s adorable grandchildren that she would have loved ‘to bits’

The late Princess of Wales has five grandchildren


JUNE 30, 2021 6:27 PM EDT

 Prince William  has said that his mother  Princess Diana  would have loved her grandchildren “to bits.” During the 2017 documentary Diana Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, the Duke of Cambridge spoke about his late mom, joking, “She’d be a nightmare grandmother. Absolute nightmare. She’d love the children to bits, but she’d be an absolute nightmare.”

“She’d come and go and she’d come in, probably at bath time, cause an amazing amount of scene, bubbles everywhere, bath water all over the place and then leave,” William added.

While the Princess of Wales tragically passed away long before she could meet her grandkids, Prince William and  Prince Harry  are both keeping their mother’s memory alive for their respective children.

“We’ve got more photos up around the house now of her and we talk about her a bit,” William said in the documentary. “It’s hard, because obviously Catherine didn’t know her so she cannot really provide that level of detail, so I do, regularly putting George and Charlotte to bed, talk about her and just try and remind them that there are two grandmothers, there were two grandmothers, in their lives and so it’s important that they know who she was and that she existed.”

From their ages to their place in the line of succession, get to know the Princess of Wales’ adorable grandchildren...

Prince George is all grown up and flashing a huge smile in 7th birthday photos© GettyImages

Prince George

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s son is the eldest of Princess Diana’s grandchildren

Full name: George Alexander Louis

Birthdate: July 22, 2013

Birthplace: St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London

Line of succession: Third in line to the throne

Fun fact: Prince George has reportedly played tennis with Wimbledon champion Roger Federer.

Princess Charlotte turned six on May 2© The Duchess of Cambridge

Princess Charlotte

The little Princess is the Cambridge’s second child and Princess Diana’s first granddaughter

Full name: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana

Birthdate: May 2, 2015

Birthplace: St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London

Line of succession: Fourth in line to the throne

Fun fact: Like her paternal grandmother, Charlotte “loves” to dance. In 2017, William called (via HELLO!) his mother a “fantastic dancer.”

Cambridge Kids photos© The Duchess of Cambridge

Prince Louis

William and Kate’s youngest son is the Princess of Wales’ third grandchild

Full name: Louis Arthur Charles

Birthdate: April 23, 2018

Birthplace: St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London

Line of succession: Fifth in line to the throne

Fun fact: Louis was born weighing 8lbs 7oz, making him the biggest of the Cambridge babies (Charlotte weighed 8lb 3oz and George 8lbs 6oz)

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's first child marked Princess Diana's fourth grandchild© WireImage

Archie Harrison

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first child marked Princess Diana’s fourth grandchild

Full name: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

Birthdate: May 6, 2019

Birthplace: The Portland Hospital in London

Line of succession: Seventh in line to the throne

Fun fact: Harry revealed to James Corden in 2021 that Archie’s first word was “crocodile.”

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's daughter is currently the youngest of Princess Diana's grandchildren© Getty Images

Lilibet Diana

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter (not pictured above) is currently the youngest of Princess Diana’s grandchildren

Full name: Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor

Birthdate: June 4, 2021

Birthplace: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA

Line of succession: Eighth in line to the throne

Fun fact: Lili, who was named after her great-grandmother the Queen whose family nickname is Lilibet, is the first of Princess Diana’s grandchildren to be born in the USA.