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Princess Charlotte is learning to dance ballet, just like her big brother.
Every little girl in the world wants to be a princess or a ballerina, and Charlotte of Cambridge is no different.
But since she was born a real Princess, 3-year-old Charlotte will have to settle for learning ballet at a dance school in South London, reported People.com on December 18, 2018.
“My daughter Charlotte loves dancing. George is doing dancing as well. He loves it.”
Prince William, People.com, December 18, 2018.
Princess Charlotte has been putting on her pink tutu and her dancing shoes and learning to pirouette at weekly lessons.
He brother, Prince George, 5, is also learning ballet as part of his “Year 1” curriculum at Thomas’s Battersea school, one of the most prestigious private preparatory schools in London.

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Duchess Kate took Charlotte to a special pre-rehearsal performance of the Royal Ballet, and the two Royals were the only audience.

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Princess Charlotte's late grandmother, Princess Diana also loved ballet. In fact, she too studied ballet, and dreamed of becoming a professional dancer for the prestigious Royal Ballet. In 1985 Princess Diana performed at the Royal Opera House in a private show for supporters and friends of the Royal Ballet.
“My mother always used to dance, she loved dancing.”
Prince William
Before her marriage to the Prince of Wales, Princess Diana studied to become a children's dance instructor, but a skiing accident that injured her ankle ended her dream.
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It was on the very same stage that her grandmother performed that Princess Charlotte saw the traditional Christmas ballet, "The Nutcracker", with her mother, Duchess Kate of Cambridge.
Duchess Kate took Charlotte to a special pre-rehearsal performance of the Royal Ballet, and the two Royals were the only audience.

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After the rehearsal, the tiny Princess got to go backstage and meet the stars of the ballet, and perhaps get some tips for her lessons.
Who knows if one day Princess Charlotte will make Princess Diana's dream come true and dance for the Royal Ballet?
In a related story, Princess Charlotte waves a warm goodbye to her grandparents, Prince Charles, and Duchess Camilla.
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