KATE & CHARLOTTE - Inside Their SPECIAL BOND

THE PRINCESS OF WALES ENJOYS A WARM AND LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH HER ONLY DAUGHTER

At one of her first royal outings without her brothers, Princess Charlotte sat tall in her chair with her hands folded demurely in her lap. Echoing her mother, Princess Kate, she shook hands with well-wishers and listened attentively as they spoke.

At 8, Charlotte, Kate’s middle child with Prince William, is becoming more of a mama’s girl. “Now that she’s getting older, she leans on her mom more,” says a royals insider. “Kate and Charlotte have such a close, cute relationship, much like Kate and her own mom, Carole.”

For Kate, 41, who grew up in a middle-class British family, emulating the close-knit home life she knew as a child has been extremely important. She hopes to balance her children’s royal titles and privileged life with wholesome morals, a sense of gratitude and a deep feeling of connection and belonging within their family.