Princess Charlotte sticking her tongue out during a royal engagement and sending Princess Kate into a fit of giggles went newly viral on .
The young royal was at a regatta with her family in August 2019 when she stuck her tongue out playfully in front of the press cameras, triggering a laugh from her mother.
The clip went viral on TikTok this week after it was compared to ‘s cheeky antics when he was a child and would stick his tongue out at the media.
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Press reports at the time of Charlotte’s cheeky moment suggested she had actually spotted her grandfather, Michael Middleton, in the crowd and was sticking her tongue out at him.
Why It Matters
The new video was liked 59.2k times and viewed 590k times having been posted with the message: “I actually miss prince Harry in the royal family he reminds me so much like .”
What to Know
The second half of showed Prince Harry as a young child on the backseat of a car next to sticking his tongue out at the media.
The Duke of Sussex was in childhood known for his own cheeky behavior when in public.
Princess Charlotte, then four, and her older brother , six at the time, watched the King’s Cup regatta on a boat for spectators.
And she made waves at the time with her cheeky display, though it only emerged days later that she had aimed the gesture as Kate’s father, as reported by Hello! magazine.
What People Are Saying
The video was posted with the onscreen caption: “Princess Charlotte sticks her tongue out to paparazzi… Prince Harry doing the same thing in 1988.”
One reply read: “Kate said was sticking her tongue out at Michael Middleton, not the paps.”
Another read: “Everyone knows Charlotte is just Diana undercover.”
What Happens Next
Prince Harry has not seen for a long time due to the collapse of his relationship with the royals.
He is, however, in Britain for a key hearing in his lawsuit against the U.K. Home Office over the removal of his police protection team.
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