Learn: a tribute to, monarch, named after, the late, in line to

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A little baby with a big name. This is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, the daughter of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Elizabeth is a tribute to her great-grandmother, the British monarch.

The baby was also named after her paternal grandmother, the late Princess Diana.

The birth of the fourth in line to the British throne was marked by gun salutes.

Vocabulary

a tribute to
an act done to show respect and admiration to someone

monarch
sovereign or ruler

named after
to be called the same as someone else

the late
the deceased

in line to
in a queue for something

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