Princess Charlotte is Four: 13 Little-Known Facts About Kate Middleton and Prince William's Daughter
'02.05.2019'
Source: Facts
HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, the only daughter of three children of Prince William and Kate Middleton, turns 2 on May 4. In honor of her daughter's birthday, Kate Middleton shared her own photographs on the official Instagram of Kensington Palace - she photographed Charlotte in April, in the garden of the house in Norfolk where the family lives.
1. Charlotte Elizabeth Diana was born in London 2 May 2015, in the hospital of St. Mary - in the same place where her father, uncle and both brothers were born, write Facts. She was named after her great-grandmother Elizabeth, grandmother of Princess Diana, and the first and main name is the female version of the name of her grandfather, Prince Charles. In addition, Charlotte is also one of the names of her aunt Pippa Middleton, Kate's younger sister.
2. Princess baptisms took place on July 5 on 2015 in the church of St. Mary Magdalene at the royal manor Sandringham in Norfolk. The rite was held by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. Honorable Laura Fellows (Princess Diana’s niece, daughter of her sister Baroness Jane Fellowes), cousin Kate Adam Middleton, William's close friends Thomas van Straubensee and James Mead, and Sophie Carter, friend of the Duchess of Cambridge, became godparents.
3. On her first birthday, 2 May 2016, the princess received gifts from 64 countries around the world - including a fairy tale book by Hans Christian Anderson from British Prime Minister David Cameron and a rattle of white gold with precious stones from the American company Natural Sapphire Company.
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4. Since January, 2018, Charlotte has been attending the Willcocks kindergarten, which is located 15 minutes from the London residence of her parents - Kensington Palace. Tuition fees in it are 14 500 pounds per year (about 20 thousand dollars). Charlotte is very popular in kindergarten and has many friends. And in September, the girl will be a schoolgirl. According to preliminary data, she will go to the same educational institution where her elder brother George is already studying - the prestigious private school of Thomas's Battersea. In addition to traditional compulsory subjects, there are lessons in ballet, fencing, gardening and other interesting activities. The princess will be recorded in school under the surname Cambridge.
5. Princess Charlotte has a refined taste and, in spite of a very young age, loves olives. She also loves eating pizza and helping her mother cook. This was told by Kate Middleton herself during a conversation with schoolchildren.
6. Charlotte loves to dance and plays tennis well for her age. Taking tennis lessons, of which her mother Catherine is a big fan, Charlotte started 2017 in December.
7. The princess at home feels like a “boss” and leads her older brother George. This was previously mentioned by Kate, as well as Queen Elizabeth herself. So, during one of the meetings with the children, Her Majesty asked one of the girls if she was looking after her younger sister. To which the mother of the schoolgirl replied: "Rather, on the contrary."
“It's like with George and Charlotte,” the queen noted.
Charlotte also likes to command his friends. So, in May last year, when the princess was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of her uncle Prince Harry and actress Megan Markle, one of the witnesses told the American magazine People:
“She was so sweet. When one of the other girls wanted to go, Charlotte said: “No, you still can't. We need to wait for us to be called. " She is very organized. ”
8. Charlotte's favorite color is hot pink. Like most little girls. She also, like millions of other British children, loves cartoons about Peppa’s pig. Her favorite animals are horses, as well as a dog and a hamster named Marvin living in a Cambridge house. The girl really likes how his mustache tickled. The princess also likes to play with a fashionable nowadays slime or so-called lizun - a viscous jelly-like material. During Kate's visit to the new London school 1 in May, she said that her daughter was playing with a pink slime, but it turned brown after she dropped it on the floor and it was covered in mud.
9. At home, the princess, as the Duchess of Cambridge once let slip, was gently called Lottie.
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10. The princess speaks fluent Spanish - thanks to her Spanish nurse, Maria Teresa, Turrion Borrallo.
11. Charlotte made history as the first girl in the history of the British royal family, who should not give up her place in the queue for the British throne to her younger brother. This was made possible thanks to the changes in the UK's oldest act of succession, which was adopted in the 1701 year. In 2013, when Prince William and Kate Middleton were waiting for their first child, the government decided to end this sex discrimination. If Cambridge first had a daughter, she, according to the new law, would automatically become the queen in the future - no matter how many brothers later she would have. However, a boy was born, and now it is five-year-old George is the heir. But the one-year-old Louis gives the older sister a place in the queue for the throne.
12. The young princess is already a real style icon. All outfits in which she appears in public, instantly bought up in stores. According to a study conducted by eBay, Charlotte has already outstripped Kate Middleton herself in terms of her influence on fashion.
13. The princess is very similar to her crowned great-grandmother in childhood. Thus, a comparative analysis of photographs of Charlotte and four-year-old Princess Elizabeth was conducted. Professor Hassan Ugail of Bradford University, engaged in visual computing, said that the index of the similarity of girls' faces in the pictures exceeds 62 percent.
“This is really a striking similarity. Usually, when comparing two images gives a result in 70 percent and higher, we consider them the same person. In this sense, I think that the facial recognition system could not distinguish them, ”said the professor to the Daily Express.
However, other researchers find that Charlotte is very similar to her grandmother - the young princess Diana, as well as her father William, when he was a child.
