Princess Charlotte's incredible hidden talent - and Princess Diana would approve

Princess Charlotte just loves to dance - and it’s a passion that links the young royal with her late grandmother.

Charlotte, nine, has a wide range of hobbies, with mum Princess Kate revealing that she loves everything from gymnastics and piano playing, to tennis and horse riding.

But there is one talent that she reportedly adores: ballet.

It’s been reported that Charlotte had been taking weekly private ballet lessons at a dance school in south London. Her proud mum Kate, 42, is also known to have taken her daughter to watch The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House in central London.

Both Kate and Prince William, also 42, have previously talked about Charlotte's love of dance, with Kate confirming that her little girl "loves" dance when talking to English National Ballet director Tamara Rojo in 2017.

Her dad William echoed her comments when he spoke to former Maltese president Joseph Muscat back in 2018.

And during a visit to a Yorkshire textile mill, Princess Kate, Charlotte's mum, chatted about her daughter's love for ballet and tap dancing.

Speaking to a seven-year-old girl named Emily, Kate said: "My daughter Charlotte likes dancing, she loves ballet and tap. Keep up the dancing."

Her love of ballet is something that the late Princess Diana would no doubt be happy about - as she adored it too, having aspired to be a professional ballerina in her younger years.

Diana went on to become patron of the English National Ballet and enjoyed dancing so much that she put on a surprise display at London's Royal Opera House.

In December 1985 Charles and Diana attended a gala performance at the storied venue.

Much to the amazement of the audience, midway through the performance the princess quietly left her seat in the Royal Box to grace the stage with dancer Wayne Sleep.

They danced to Billy Joel's Uptown Girl, which was Diana's own song choice.