Archie and Lilibet: Expert on spending Christmas at Sandringham

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The Prince of Wales and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are currently on a four-day tour of the Middle East, with the royal couple visiting Jordan and Egypt. On Tuesday the royal couple were given the opportunity to dip their fingers in the water where Jesus was baptised.

Now Charles is reportedly bringing back holy water from the River Jordan for baptisms, leading to speculation Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor will have hers in the UK.

Currently the Sussex royals have not confirmed whether Lilibet will be christened, or when it would happen.

The royal baby, the Sussex’s second, was born on June 4, 2021.

Lilibet’s brother Archie was baptised at Windsor Castle with water from the River Jordan.

Princess Beatrice’s daughter Sienna Elizabeth is also yet to be baptised.

Rustom Mkhjian, Director General of the Baptism Site, confirmed that the Royal Family had asked for the holy water.

He told the Daily Mail: “This time the Embassy people asked for a few dozens [bottles] of holy water and we provided them with five dozen, six dozen, prior to this trip.

He said he was not aware for what the holy water would be used.

Mr Mkhjian added: “I didn’t know, I didn’t want to ask but they said we wanted it for children to be baptised later on. Future baptisms, yes.”

Paul Bayes, the Bishop of Liverpool, told Express.co.uk that, despite the uncertainty, the Queen would be “rejoicing and hoping” that Lilibet is christened.

When asked if he believed it would be important for the monarch to be present during Lilibet’s christening, he said: “For me, as a Christian, the main thing is the act of the christening itself.

“If things go wrong at a birth and it looks as though the baby isn’t going to live that long, the hospital chaplain would come, only on request, and baptise the baby before it passes away.

“In that case, you of course don’t wait around for the family to come — you do it as fast as you can, I think this underlines what the main thing is about this.

“Having said that, it’s always wonderful to have a party and if that’s possible I’m sure that will be lovely.

“But with a lot of families, including the Royal Family, widely spread across the country and world, it’s sometimes not possible.

“I’m sure wherever Lilibet is christened the Queen and all members of the family will be rejoicing and hoping for that blessing.”

In October it was reported Meghan and Harry could unexpectedly “drop an announcement” saying Lilibet has already been christened.

Royal expert Russell Myers told the podcast Pod Save The Queen: “I think that the word from their people is that they haven’t decided, I don’t know whether I necessarily will take that at face value.

“I just think they will probably drop an announcement that it’s already happened and that will be all you know about it.

“It’ll be very interesting to see if it is in the States, whether there are pictures that emerge over in the States, whether you get to know who her godparents are, because hark back to the time when it became such an issue that Harry and Meghan decided not to release the names of [Archie’s] godparents.”

It comes as Charles and Camilla continue their first royal tour for nearly two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Their tour has taken place at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth to boost bi-lateral ties and highlight climate change crisis concerns.

They met King Abdullah II and Queen Rania at the Al Husseiniya Palace before the royal pair will take part in more than 30 official engagements over the coming days.

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