Protective Princess Charlotte Takes Prince Louis’s Hand In Sweet Gesture During Coronation

May 07, 2023 by apost team

The second child and only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, is slowly growing up into a delightful young girl. With each year that passes, Charlotte's personality comes out more.

In fact, she's proving to be a very straight-forward and outspoken member of the royal family. Besides her fiery personality, Charlotte also bears a striking resemblance to various family members of hers. This includes her father, her late grandmother, Princess Diana, and her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. Fans have long drawn a resemblance between her and Elizabeth since the little royal was a baby. 

Born on May 2, 2015, at St Mary's Hospital in London, Charlotte has already made an impact in England as one of the children in the Cambridge family. She was born second into her family, following her older brother. Several landmarks were illuminated pink to honor her arrival following her birth, including the London Eye and Tower Bridge. There were also salutes at Hyde Park and the Tower of London. Just a few days later, it was announced that Charlotte's full name was Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, which honored both Diana and the reigning monarch at the time, her great-grandmother, the Queen.

Charlotte is the middle child of the Cambridge family, as she has an older brother, Prince George, and a younger brother, Prince Louis. She is also Prince William and Kate Middleton's only daughter and is currently third in line of succession to the throne, following her grandfather, Prince Charles, her father and her older brother. While being the middle child, Charlotte has shown that she is quite the leader in her family. 

As Charlotte continues to grow up, she is showing more and more of her personality. She is already enjoying life as a young princess and is known for having a fiery yet silly personality. In the summer of 2019, Charlotte was spotted sticking her tongue out at the crowd at The King’s Cup regatta. According to Harper’s Bazaar, the princess also caused quite the stir when she barred photographers from attending Louis’ Christening. Charlotte reportedly said, “You’re not coming!” This is only one of many instances where the young princess took a stance to protect her siblings - her younger brother especially.

While the young princess has shown that she is willing to defend her brothers, she has gotten into a handful of tiffs with them as well. In December 2021, William opened up on an episode of Apple’s “Time To Walk” podcast about what the Cambridge household was really like and admitted that his kids fight nearly every morning (something that many parents all over the world can certainly sympathize with). 

According to Yahoo News, he has had to diffuse his fair share of arguments between his kids, most notably between Charlotte and her older brother George, as they have repeatedly argued over which songs they want to listen to in the morning. “Most mornings there’s a massive fight between Charlotte and George as to what song is played,” the Duke of Cambridge said.

Charlotte is also becoming known for bearing a striking resemblance to what Diana once looked like when she was a toddler herself. Back in 2018, a fan account on Instagram posted side-by-side photographs of Charlotte and Diana, and noticed their uncanny resemblance. “Omg double of her nana… what a great young lady she will turn out to be with looks as beautiful as her angel nana,” one Instagram user commented.

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It’s no surprise then that Charlotte was quite ready to take care of her little brother Louis during the coronation of King Charles on May 6.

While Charles is already technically king, holding a coronation is customary. According to the Associated Press, “There is no legal requirement for a coronation, and other European monarchies have done away with the ceremonies.”

Buckingham Palace’s assurance ahead of the event that the ceremony would be “rooted in longstanding traditions” but will also “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future,” intensified talk that Charles will soon make some substantial changes to better reflect a modern monarchy.

Many traditions were maintained for the 2023 ceremony. Among them was the use of the Gold State Coach, which was extensively refurbished for the queen’s Platinum Jubilee in early 2022 and has been used in every coronation since George IV’s in 1821. The elaborate horse-drawn carriage boasts intricate gilded carvings of cherubs and tritons, painted panels, and an interior lined with velvet and satin. The coach is so heavy it has to be pulled by at least eight horses, and even then, only at the pace of a walk.

The actual, official coronation took place in Westminster Abbey. The whole service was live-streamed and recorded for TV. The ceremony lasted several hours overall, which was especially tough for the younger guests. While Prince Louis couldn’t help from acting up a little bit, Charlotte was quite reserved throughout. After King Charles’s coronation, as the guests were filing out of the abbey, she seemed to sense that Louis needed a little bit of sisterly backup following all that sitting and listening. As the children filed out after their mother, Princess Catherine, Charlotte took Louis’s hand in hers and led her little brother out of the abbey.

What do you think of Charlotte and Louis's sibling relationship? Aren’t the pictures of them at the coronation just adorable? Tell us what you think and pass this along to fellow royal fans!