{"id":287300,"date":"2026-07-05T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287300\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:47:09","slug":"lady-louise-windsor-sparks-comparison-to-surprising-royal-relative-in-her-graduation-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/287300\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Louise Windsor sparks comparison to surprising royal relative in her graduation photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lady Louise Windsor<\/a> is still receiving congratulations after graduating from the University of St Andrews earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The young royal, 22, was photographed at University House beside her parents, Prince Edward<\/a> and Duchess Sophie<\/a>, after officially completing her studies in English and International Relations \u2013 and everyone was soon saying the same thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While some noted her close resemblance to her parents, others were struck by her very close resemblance to her late grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth<\/a> II, who passed away in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One HELLO!\u00a0commenter noted that “Louise is the late Queen\u2019s double!!”, while another added: “She looks like our late Queen.”<\/p>\n

Recommended videoYou may also likeWATCH: Lady Louise Windsor graduates from St Andrews<\/p>\n

One person told Louise: “Your grandparents would have been proud of you.”<\/p>\n

Lady Louise Windsor’s close relationship with Queen Elizabeth<\/p>\n

Lady Louise was the late Queen’s youngest granddaughter, and they shared a close bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty magazine, previously told HELLO!: “There was a bit of an age difference between Louise and her older cousins, and in her early years, she had various health problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Lady\u00a9 University of St AndrewsLady Louise Windsor was joined by her parents, Duchess Sophie and Prince Edward, in her official graduation photos<\/p>\n

“The very essence of her birth wasn’t particularly straightforward; she had a rather fragile start in life, and that would clearly have been a great concern to her grandparents.<\/p>\n

“So, I think she was very much treasured by both the Queen and the late Duke of Edinburgh.”<\/p>\n

Lady Louise is also particularly keen on carriage driving, like her late grandfather, Prince Philip.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Queen\u00a9 Getty ImagesPeople pointed out that Lady Louise looked like the late Queen<\/p>\n

At university, she was said to have “fallen in love” with army cadets, leading some to speculate that she might one day pursue a career in the military.<\/p>\n

The Queen joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945, becoming the first female member of the royal family to join the Armed Services as a full-time active member.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are Lady Louise’s future plans after graduating?<\/p>\n

King Charles’s niece is not expected to become a full-time working royal in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is understood she will now be taking a gap year, working, volunteering, and travelling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Lady\u00a9 Getty ImagesLady Louise received her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award from Prince Edward<\/p>\n

It’s unknown what her career plans will be afterwards, but HELLO! understands she’s expected to pursue a career privately.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lady Louise, who is 17th in line to the throne, has reportedly said on her LinkedIn page that she’s interested in pursuing a career in “the military, diplomacy or law”.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Lady Louise received her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award from none other than her father, Prince Edward, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After speaking about the bronze, silver and gold DofE awards, Edward turned and pointed to his daughter, saying: “We\u2019ve got someone else who\u2019s actually done all three.” “Just about!” she joked.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lady Louise Windsor is still receiving congratulations after graduating from the University of St Andrews earlier this week.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1432,40433,9,24,63,122,124,123,1431,1429,1430,1245],"class_list":["post-287300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-british-royals","tag-lady-louise-windsor","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-royalty","tag-sophie","tag-the-duchess-of-edinburgh","tag-the-queen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}