PRINCESS Charlotte has taken after her granny Diana with her love of a dazzling hobby.
It turns out that the royal, nine, loves to dance – and it’s a passion that links the young Princess with her late grandmother.
Prince William’s daughter Charlotte has a wide range of hobbies, with mum Princess Kate, 42, revealing that she loves everything from gymnastics and piano playing, to tennis and horse riding.
But there is one talent that she reportedly adores – ballet.
It’s been reported that the Princess had been taking weekly private ballet lessons at a dance school in south London.
Her proud mum Kate, who this year has been battling cancer, is also known to have taken her daughter to watch The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House in central London.
Both Kate and Prince William, also 42, have previously talked about Charlotte’s love of the sport, with Kate confirming that her little girl “loves” dance when talking to English National Ballet director Tamara Rojo in 2017.
Her dad William echoed her comments when he spoke to former Maltese president Joseph Muscat back in 2018.
And during a visit to a Yorkshire textile mill, the Princess of Wales chatted about her daughter’s love for ballet and tap dancing.
Speaking to a seven-year-old girl named Emily, Kate shared: “My daughter Charlotte likes dancing, she loves ballet and tap. Keep up the dancing.”
Not only this, but Phil Dampier told HELLO! that the young Princess “was enthralled when taken on trips to the Strictly Come Dancing studios with her mum, and on another occasion in 2023 to see Swan Lake at the London Coliseum”.
Charlotte’s love of ballet is something that the late Princess Diana would no doubt be happy about – as she adored it too.
Diana aspired to be a professional ballerina in her younger years and went on to become patron of the English National Ballet.
She enjoyed dancing so much that she even put on a surprise display at London’s Royal Opera House.
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In December 1985, Charles and Diana attended a gala performance at the storied venue.
And much to the amazement of the audience, midway through the performance, the Princess quietly left her seat in the Royal Box to grace the stage with dancer Wayne Sleep.
They danced to Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl, which was Diana’s song choice.
But that’s not all, as royal fans recently noticed that Charlotte has also inherited Diana’s iconic ‘Spencer stare’.
Dubbed the ‘Spencer Stare’, Diana’s distinctive expression typically featured her looking up through her eyelashes with a slightly tilted head, giving an impression of shyness.
After years of separation, Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorced in 1996.
In 1997, Princess Diana spent her summer in the south of France and Italy. During August, she visited Sarajevo, Bosnia, to highlight the fight against landmines.
By the end of the month, the Princess of Wales and Dodi Al-Fayed travelled to Paris together.
It was revealed that Princess Diana stayed longer than planned in Paris due to a row over her land mine campaign.
Travelling in a black Mercedes Benz, Princess Diana was involved in a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel on August 31, 1997.
The Princess of Wales died at the age of 36.
Her funeral was held on September 6, 1997. As her coffin made the journey from Kensington Palace to Westminister Abbey, Prince William and Prince Harry walked behind their late mother.
Princess Diana’s mother, Frances Shand Kydd, and sisters, Jane Fellowes and Sarah McCorquodale, also attended the funeral.
The Princess of Wales was buried at her childhood home – Althorp House
If it wasn’t for her tragic death, Princess Diana would have been 62 today.
The ‘Spencer Stare’ became one of Princess Diana‘s signature looks, contributing to her image as the ‘People’s Princess.’
Eagle-eyed royal fans observed that not only has Charlotte inherited her strong jawline and golden features, but also the ‘Spencer Stare’.
It’s fantastic that Princess Charlotte is following in her late grandmother Diana’s footsteps
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Videos of Charlotte at King Charles‘s coronation highlighting the striking resemblance have been circulating on social media.
One royal fan commented: “The little princess looks so much like her grandmother Diana, beautiful as ever.”
Another commented: “It’s fantastic that Princess Charlotte is following in her late grandmother Diana’s footsteps!”
Not only this, but Charlotte has also inherited a surprising talent from her late great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II too.
According to a royal pro, the young royal has inherited the late Queen’s skill of accents.
Royal author Phil Dampier told HELLO!: “I’m told Charlotte has also inherited from the late Queen a brilliant ability to mimic prominent figures.
“That should come in handy at Christmas when the royals gather in the evening at Sandringham to play charades.
“Queen Elizabeth used to have her family in stitches with her impersonations of politicians, including US Presidents and former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin.”
Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth also told HELLO!’s A Right Royal Podcast that Her Late Majesty “could do regional accents from all over the country”.
