Princess Charlotte gave a blunt one-word response when her brother Prince Louis claimed she criticised his new gymnastics trick. The exchange happened during the royal family's visit to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last week.
Royal children's first public appearance in Scotland
The Prince and Princess of Wales took their three children to watch the games, marking the first time Prince George, 13, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, eight, had ever made a public appearance in Scotland. The family also visited Wales House in the centre of Glasgow to speak to people competing in the games, including identical twin gymnasts Abigail and Emily Roper.
As the Princess of Wales asked the athletes about their own routines, she revealed that her youngest son was perfecting a handstand. Looking towards Louis, she said: "Louis, you're perfecting your handstand at the moment."
The siblings' exchange
Standing with his arms crossed, Louis replied: "A bit. But Charlotte says I'm not very good." Charlotte, standing next to her little brother, quickly responded: "Once." This suggests the princess, who likes gymnastics herself, only criticised Louis on one occasion and wanted to make that clear.
The twin gymnasts encouraged Louis to keep practising. Charlotte then confirmed, when asked by the gymnasts, that she could do a handstand, while Prince George revealed he was not good at anything requiring flexibility.
Public reaction
The conversation was caught on video and shared online, with many noting how "normal" the royal children are despite their status. One person wrote: "It's very normal. It's just siblings giving each other a hard time." Someone else said: "How cute, these siblings really are growing up into a nice human beings." Another commented: "They're so NORMAL!!!"
