Princess Charlotte Looks So Grown Up in 9th Birthday Portrait
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00:00Charlotte is a very happy little girl, a very confident little girl, she loves to perform
00:08and she's a big personality.
00:10We've got a new preteen in the palace.
00:12Yeah, a big happy birthday is in order for Princess Charlotte.
00:16The royal celebrating her ninth birthday with a new portrait on Instagram, taken by mom
00:21Kate Middleton.
00:22Prince George may be the eldest child, but I think it's Charlotte who calls the shots
00:27and has everyone running rings around her.
00:30Charlotte, the second child of Prince William and the Princess of Wales, looking adorable
00:34as ever, not to mention exactly like her father.
00:37Royal fans quick to point out the resemblance.
00:40One commenting, William said, copy and paste.
00:44Another agreeing, she really looks like her daddy.
00:46Since her birth, Princess Charlotte has made a splash in the royal scene.
00:50Obviously, she is a princess, but she's quite a tomboy.
00:54She loves climbing trees and she's very much an adventurer.
00:58I think she was quite known for her feisty personalities.
01:01Accompanying her parents on royal engagements.
01:08And of course, keeping younger brother Prince Louis in check.
01:11Well, I think for Princess Charlotte, we really see her taking after her mother, Kate.
01:16She's so composed, so put together, you almost can't read what's going on in her mind.
01:21She's sort of mastered that sort of royal approach to public appearances at a really
01:25young age.
01:26But she's also become Prince Louis' almost sort of caretaker at some of these events
01:31as well.
01:32She's the one that keeps him in line.
01:34She's the one that pulls his hand down if he's waving too long or if he's talking too
01:38much.
01:39And I think it's sweet to be able to see that sort of sibling bond between the two.
01:43A close bond and close birthdays, little Louis celebrated his sixth birthday just last week.
01:49And you can say it's been a week of milestones for the family.
01:56With Charlotte's own parents celebrating their 13th wedding anniversary just a few days ago.
02:01All this coming on the heels of a stressful time for the Prince and Princess of Wales,
02:06just a month after Kate Middleton revealed her cancer diagnosis.
02:09It has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family, but I've had
02:14a fantastic medical team who've taken great care of me, for which I'm so grateful.
02:19We don't know what type of treatment Kate is having.
02:21The Princess of Wales has told us that she's having preventative chemotherapy.
02:26We don't know what form that takes.
02:28It can be a tablet form.
02:29It can be an intravenous form.
02:31We haven't seen Kate since she announced to the world that she too had been diagnosed
02:36with cancer.
02:37And we're told by the palace that we're not to expect her out on public engagements any
02:41time soon, that her focus is on her recovery.
02:45Most importantly, it has taken us time to explain everything to George, Charlotte and
02:49Louis in a way that's appropriate for them and to reassure them that I'm going to be
02:54okay.
02:55There's a real plea in all of this, in the Princess's message, in her own words, for
02:59privacy and the time that they need to heal and recover and come to terms with this as
03:03a family.