Princess Charlotte Has Apparently Inherited This ‘Brilliant Ability’ from Her Great-Grandmother Queen Elizabeth

Mar. 15, 2025

Princess Charlotte of Wales court-side of Centre Court during the men’s final on day fourteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 14, 2024 in London, England.Getty Images

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“I’m told Charlotte has also inherited from the late Queen a brilliant ability to mimic prominent figures,” Dampier said. “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 U.S. presidents and former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin,” he continued.

Fellow royal author Gyles Brandreth said onHello!’s A Right Royal Podcastthat Queen Elizabeth “could do regional accents from all over the country.”

As teenagers, then-Princess Elizabeth and her younger sisterPrincess Margaretperformed in pantomime plays,a slapstick-style show that is a family tradition around Christmas in Britain. She also acted on stage in her youth, including in a 1944 staging ofOld Mother Red Riding Boots.

Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002), both in costume, pictured ahead of a royal pantomime production of ‘Aladdin’ at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, Great Britain, on Dec. 15, 1943.Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Hulton Archive/Getty

Also like Queen Elizabeth, Princess Charlotte displays a deep sense of maturity, Dampier said.

“Winston Churchill once said of the late Queen Elizabeth when she was a child that he had never seen such maturity in someone so young, and Charlotte seems to have inherited that trait from her great-grandmother, to whom she bears an uncanny resemblance,” he said.

He added, “Charlotte seems to have an inner strength which may one day become invaluable, as she is third in line to the throne.”

Princess Charlotte of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales court-side of Centre Court during the men’s final on day fourteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 14, 2024 in London, England.Karwai Tang/WireImage

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“I’m told that, although the Princess of Wales has obviously been looking after her children during her cancer treatment and reassuring them she is getting better, Charlotte has been a great source of strength to her,” Dampier said.

source: people.com