Princess Victoria, Duchess of Cambridge

Princess Victoria
Duchess of Cambridge
Born	Victoria Catherine William Charles Cattrall (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 Wales House, Albany, New York
Full name Victoria Catherine William Charles Cattrall
House	Hanover
Father	William VI
Mother	Kim Cattrall

Princess Victoria, Duchess of Cambridge (Victoria Catherine William Charles Cattrall; born 30 December 1992) is an English professional tennis player and a member of the British royal family. Born as the illegitimate daughter of King William VI and actress, Kim Cattrall, Victoria originally lived out the majority of her childhood years in the United States alongside her mother before subsequently relocating eastward to the United Kingdom instead. Then, upon being introduced to tennis by her royal half-aunt, the Princess Royal at the age of twelve, Victoria's interest in the sport would begin to gradually develop over time, with the princess initially taking part in several local tennis competitions herself on a generally active basis. Soon afterwards, in 2011, Victoria was able to win her first Wimbledon Championships tournament that year, after having initially finished runner-up to Serena Williams in the previous year. Then, Victoria would proceed to win another Wimbledon Championships title in the following year of 2012, before promptly announcing that she would be taking a temporary break instead from the sport. Nevertheless, not long after her return to the championships, Victoria's professional career was marked with further overall success, with a double 2017 and 2018 win so far at the French Open tournament, aswell as including her most recent victory at that year's US Open tournament, which came about after a rather contentious final against Naomi Osaka.

Having became the subject of both considerable scrutiny and ridicule by various media outlets as a result of her notably illegitimate birth status, Victoria herself has been personally outspoken against what she termed as the "excessiveness of media harrasment", aswell as on other social media issues ranging from cyberbullying to both online and offline privacy. Furthermore, Victoria herself has also been noted for her contributions towards the cause of fighting anti-Semitism, an interest shared alongside her half-sister, Queen Alexandra, and lastly, towards the cause of animal conservation, another interest that Victoria particularly shares with her aunt, the Princess Royal.

Early Life

Victoria was born Victoria Catherine William Charles Cattrall on December 30th 1992 as the firstborn but illegitimate child of William, Prince of Wales and English-Canadian actress, Kim Cattrall. On the surface, despite being the firstborn child of a British heir apparent, Victoria herself was immediately excluded from any potential succession rights, as neither the Prince of Wales nor Cattrall herself were ever married to one another at the time of Victoria's birth. Irrespective of this, despite her rather illegitimate status, Victoria's upbringing proved to be rather stable overall, as a result of a confidential agreement reached between Victoria's parents with the British royal family and government, whereby Victoria and her mother would be provided with a considerable amount of financial aid in order to alleviate any potential woes, along with the granting of the courtesy title of Lady to both the younger and older Cattrall themselves. At the same time, by the courtesy of the Prince of Wales himself, both Cattralls were allowed to take up residence at Wales House itself, which had then served as the princess's own birthplace, along with being a secondary residence for members of the British royal family. Furthermore, beginning from when she was three years old, despite finding herself distantly separated from her father due to the latter's ascension to the throne, thereby forcing him to remain mostly in the United Kingdom himself as the country's head of state, both Victoria and Cattrall continued to remain in contact, in either direct or indirect forms with Victoria's own biological father, whom despite his newfound duties, was nevertheless able to travel abroad to the United States on various occasions, thereby allowing Victoria to establish a rather respectful and warm relationship with her father, the King. In addition to that, Victoria's apparent interest in the game of tennis would also begin to develop over time, as a result of the young princess herself being exposed to the sport itself by her own father during his many visits to their New York home. Soon, it was not long before Victoria's own interest in the sport would quickly catch her father's eye, leading the latter to subsequently have the young princess enrolled at a tennis academy for children, thereby allowing her to hone her skills further in the sport, particularly during the weekends, when she would often have the most amount of time available to spend at the academy.

Afterwards, at the age of seven, Victoria would begin to experience her initial exposure towards a more formal form of education, when she was then enrolled at the Westmere Elementary School in Albany, New York. However, at the same time, in a concerted effort involving both Victoria's mother and the school administrators themselves, a young Victoria was then registered as having an entirely different father of her own, as opposed to having her biological father, the Prince of Wales being written as her own father instead. The decision, which came about out of a need to protect the young Victoria from intense media coverage by the press, proved to be rather moderately successful in its objective, with the young Victoria being described as having enjoyed a rather normal but occasionally intrusive childhood, a situation Victoria herself later described as a "typical living situation for the child of a Hollywood star". However, after having roughly spent just three years at her elementary school, a now ten year old Victoria was then forced to relocate to the United Kingdom instead, as a result of her mother having accepted an invitation by her father, now the King of the British to live alongside her royal half-siblings in the royal residence of Buckingham Palace.

Titles & Honours

Soon after she was born, Victoria was rather initially known as Victoria Cattrall, before being subsequently awarded the title of Lady just a few weeks afterward. Later on, upon reaching the age of ten, Victoria was eventually given the title of Princess of the United Kingdom by her father, the King and later by her own half-sister, the reigning Queen Alexandra, whom then made her Duchess of Cambridge on February 2019 in recognition of the general success she has accumulated so far in her professional tennis career.

Honours

National & Commonwealth

• United Kingdom - Dame Grand Cross of the Most Gallant Order of British Excellence
• United Kingdom - Recipient of the Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Charles III
• United Kingdom - Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
• United Kingdom - Lady Companion of the Most Ancient and the Most Noble Order of the Thistle
• United Kingdom - Member of the Royal Family Order of King William V
• United Kingdom - Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order
• United Kingdom - Member of the Order of St. George

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Victoria, Duchess of Cambridge
8. Edward VII of the United Kingdom 4. Charles III of the United Kingdom 9. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia 2. William VI of the United Kingdom 10. William Perske 5. Lauren Bacall 11. Natalie Bacall 1. Princess Victoria, Duchess of Cambridge 12. William Cattrall 6. Dennis Cattrall 13. Edith Munslow 3. Kim Cattrall 14. George Baugh 7. Gladys Baugh 15. Thomas Marion