Princess Charlotte is known for her resemblance to her great-grandmother, the Queen, but fans of royalty with eagle eyes have noticed a sweet gesture that the young princess and her mother Kate Middleton have in common.
During a video call last week, the Duchess of Cambridge, 39, was spotted re-turning her ponytail during a conversation with teachers about how they handled the blockade.
Kate was talking to the Ribbon Academy staff last Tuesday when she leaned back and wrapped her hair around her fingers, which were stuck in a low ponytail.
An Instagram fan account noticed a similarity to Princess Charlotte’s mannerisms on her first day of school in September 2019.
Royal eagle-eyed fans noticed a hair habit that Princess Charlotte learned from her mother, Kate Middleton, 39, as she twirled her ponytail during a video call with teachers last week
Charlotte, now five, made the same gesture with her hair as she saluted Thomas Battersea’s head, Helen Haslem.
Her hair was stuck in a low ponytail when she arrived at school, accompanied by Kate and her father, Princess William, 38, and her older brother, Prince George, now seven.
Kate is currently living at her Norfolk residence in Anmer Hall with Prince William and her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, two.
During the call, royalty praised team members for their hard work in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis and encouraged them to continue to ‘take care of themselves’.
She said: ‘I would like to thank teachers all over the country for doing a fantastic job. It has been a very difficult job, but please take care of yourself. ‘
An Instagram fan account noted a resemblance to Princess Charlotte’s first day of school in September 2019, when the five-year-old royal touched her hair
Kate has supported the annual Children’s Mental Health Week since its launch in 2015 – to highlight the importance of mental health for children and young people – by Place2Be, a children’s mental health charity of which she is a real patron.
She talked face-to-face with school teachers about the important work they have been doing during the pandemic to support children and their families and thanked them for their efforts.
During the call, Kate asked the teachers a few quick questions and listened to Chief Teacher Ashleigh Sheridan and Professors Hannah Rispin and Louise Tweedie about how children are doing during the pandemic.
Meanwhile, she also heard how Place2Be supports the well-being of the entire school community, including teachers.
Kate marked Children’s Mental Health Week in late January with a video of selfies during a race in the Norfolk countryside.
The royals seemed to be talking about the grounds of their home in Norfolk and wore a cozy sea hat with a huge fluffy hat and a padded Barbour jacket.
In the clip, she called on parents to ‘take care’ of themselves during this ‘extremely challenging time’.
Kate said that mothers and fathers need to be ‘the best versions of ourselves for the children in our care’ in her speech.
Princess Charlotte – who was accompanied by her parents Kate and Prince William, 38, and her older brother, Prince George, now seven – turned his ponytail down while greeting Thomas Battersea’s head, Helen Haslem
The message came after the mother confessed during confinement left her ‘exhausted’ and joked about her children retreating from ‘terror’ when she became her hairdresser.
In her message, Kate said, ‘This year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is about how to express yourself – about finding creative ways to share your thoughts, ideas and feelings.
‘So whether it’s through photography, through art, through drama, through music or poetry – it’s finding those things that make you feel good about yourself.
‘And while this is Children’s Mental Health Week, there has never been a more important time to talk about parental well-being and mental health too.
‘Last year you told me how important this was, that many of us find it difficult to prioritize. This is an extremely challenging time for all of us, so take care of yourself as well.
‘Find ways to share your thoughts and feelings or find someone to talk to, because we really need to be the best version of ourselves for the children in our care.’