On This Day In History . 6 August 1844 . Prince Alfred was born . . ◼ Alfred was born at Windsor Castle to the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, & her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. As a son of the British monarch, he was styled His Royal Highness The Prince Alfred at birth & was second in the line of succession behind his elder brother, Edward, The Prince of Wales. . ▪ He was known to his family as "Affie", after a childhood mispronunciation of the name "Alfred". . ▪ Alfred was christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley, at the Private Chapel in Windsor Castle on 6 September 1844. His godparents were his mother's first cousin, Prince George of Cambridge (represented by his father, The Duke of Cambridge); his paternal aunt, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (represented by his maternal grandmother, the Duchess of Kent); & Queen Victoria's half-brother, Carl, Prince of Leiningen (represented by The Duke of Wellington, Conservative Leader in the Lords). . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1844 #PrinceAlfred #DukeofEdinburgh #DukeofSaxeCoburgandGotha #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #Royalty #History #BritishMonarchy #D6Aug #VintagePhoto #VintagePhotography #Heritage #Royal #Royals #Duke #RoyalDuke #British #Picoftheday #onthisday #RoyalHistory #buckinghampalace (at Buckingham Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B00y7gBgEZ7/?igshid=1rsejwu4wtgeh