I was born in the early fifties and had two friends by the name of Louise, and one named Marie-Louise. Rather common name among "boomers". Lovisa would've sounded terribly old fashioned in our ears at the time.
The Queen famously charmed President De Gaulle with her old-fashioned army patois and stories about her time spent working behind the front in France.
It’s funny to think the same man was charmed by a Queen acting like an ordinary soldier and by an American who was more polished and aristocratic than many a European noble.
Men like President De Gaulle were most often putty in the hands of women who had the right amount of breeding and brains.
