- The young princess had already mastered English and was also using Spanish phrases
- When she’s at school, the young royal goes by a different name as is treated as any other pupil
Six-year-old Princess Charlotte is third in line and attends Lambrook School in Berkshire but even before she had started nursery the young royal was already excelling at speaking several languages.
By the time she started nursery school, the young princess had already mastered English and was also using Spanish phrases, picked up from her Spanish nanny.
A source told People magazine that Princess Charlotte is ‘very sweet and very confident’, and has mastered a number of Spanish words.
Along with her elder brother, Prince George, and younger sibling, Prince Louis, Charlotte attends Lambrook School in Berkshire.
The royal children are currently on their summer break and are believed to be planning some holidays with their parents, Prince William and Kate Middleton.
But when she’s at school, the young royal goes by a different name as is treated as any other pupil.
Princess Charlotte’s full name is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, and her official title is Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
Both of these are a bit of a mouthful, and we can’t imagine the kids in the playground or her teachers using them.
Therefore, she follows in the footsteps of her older brother and other members of her family and uses her parents title as her surname. Therefore, she is known as Charlotte Cambridge.
Similarly, George is technically George Alexander Louis, His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge – but goes by George Cambridge.
Their dad William and uncle Prince Harry used the same style for their names, using Charles’s title – Wales – as their surname.
And it seems Charlotte’s parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, also have an adorable nickname for their only girl.
In a rare family video clip, her nickname was revealed when Prince William and Kate Middleton were joined by their children at the Royal Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.
Kate had helped to design a garden for the show and George, Charlotte and Louis came along to have a look.
While playing on a swing in the garden, William calls out to his daughter, asking her to come and give him a push.
But instead of saying ‘Charlotte’, he calls for ‘Mignonette’. The French word is said to mean ‘small, sweet, and delicate’ or ‘cute’.
Older French definitions also show it can mean gentle and kind. It’s rather different from the nickname Kate has previously been known to call her daughter – Lottie.
During an official trip to Northern Ireland in 2019, Kate met a fellow mum called Laura-Ann and her son.
Laura-Ann posted about the meeting on Instagram, claiming Kate had revealed her nickname for Charlotte during their conversation.
She said: ‘She asked how old Bertie is, and I said he is four and she said, ”Oh, he’s the same age as Lottie.” She calls her Lottie!’
