Prince GeorgeandPrincess Charlotte‘s list of talents keeps growing!
Prince Williamheld an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, with Eileen Fenton — the first woman to complete the Cross Channel Swimming Race in 1950, when she was just 21 years old — among the honorees.
Fenton, 91, told thePress Associationthat she and the royal dad talked about — what else? — swimming at the ceremony. In fact,Prince Williamsaid the royals were a “family of swimmers,” already including 6-year-old George and 4-year-old Charlotte.
“He said that he and his wife make sure the children can swim and they all go and they swim quite well,” said Fenton.
“I can remember seeing when the Queen was young and her sister Princess Margaret – we used to see them swimming in pictures,” she added. “He said the whole family have done it.”
Princess Charlotte, Kate Middleton, Prince George and Prince William.Press Association via AP Images
Queen Elizabeth in 1939.J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty
Earlier this month,Kate Middletonchatted with actors, singers, dancers and acrobats — including a few talented kids — at the Royal Variety Performance, revealing thatPrince George and Princess Charlotte enjoy putting on little shows.
Kate Middleton.Geoff Pugh/AFP/Getty
Royal fans caught a glimpse ofPrincess Charlotte‘s acrobatic skills during the family’s outing to a charity polo match in which Prince William andPrince Harryplayed this summer. While kicking around a soccer ball, the little princess took a few breaks to balance on one leg with her arms outstretched above her head.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte.SplashNews.com
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Before Kate married Prince William and became the future Queen, she had the comfort of a happy childhood — and she wants the same for her own children, including 1-year-oldPrince Louis.
“She wants to emulate her upbringing, living in the countryside with a close-knit family,” a friend of the royal previously told PEOPLE. “Shedesperately wants that normality for her own kids.”
source: people.com
