While attending the Royal Variety Performance on Monday night (18 November), the Duchess of Cambridge let it slip that she's raising some burgeoning performers herself. Princess Charlotte is apparently all about putting on a show at home – and she's often joined by her elder brother, Prince George.
The Duchess spoke to Nuala Peberby, a 14-year-old member of the Mary Poppins musical cast, about her children's interest in theater.
Kate "said that her children love performing at home, particularly Charlotte," Peberby told Hello. "She told us how lucky we were to be on stage in the West End and asked how we managed to do it with all our schoolwork. I can’t tell you how exciting it was to meet them."
Six-year-old acrobat Aurelia also met Kate, and was told that Charlotte and George also like to do gymnastics, including handstands and cartwheels.
Schoolwork was apparently what kept Charlotte and George home. Kate said that the two young royals wanted to attend – and would "love" to see Mary Poppins onstage – but she told them "not on a school night!"
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