Eagle-eyed royalists figured out that Princess Charlotte got to have something very special on her first day of school last week. As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge walked Charlotte and George the few final steps to their school, it seemed that Kate carried Charlotte’s little bookbag. And on that bookbag, there was a pink sequined unicorn head keyring. Hello Mag sourced the key chain and it’s on Amazon and it only costs £3.49 or thereabouts. Was it just a little bit of pizzazz for Charlotte’s first day of school? For sure. But apparently, Charlotte is flat-out obsessed with unicorns:
Prince William has revealed Princess Charlotte ‘loves unicorns’ after the four-year-old royal was seen with two sparkly accessories. The Duke of Cambridge, 37, shared the sweet insight into Charlotte’s life during a visit to Harcombe House in Devon, yesterday.
Admiring some children’s artwork, William spotted a unicorn horn made from colourful balls and said: ‘My daughter loves unicorns. Loves them. Very cool.’
In the past few months, Charlotte has been spotted on two separate occasions with sparkly unicorn accessories, including a unicorn head key-ring on her bag for her first day of school last week.
Lots of little girls – and boys too – love unicorns. I was never a unicorn-lover or unicorn-hater. I’m trying to remember what my obsessions were back then. I loved stickers. I loved pink and purple. I loved She-Ra. I was mildly into My Little Pony, which definitely feels adjacent to a love of unicorns, right? Like unicorns are the gateway drug to My Little Pony, or vice versa. In any case, I bet unicorns are how the Cambridges get Charlotte involved with horses. “You love unicorns, right? Well, if you love your pony, he might turn into a unicorn.” Isn’t that how parenting works?
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red and Backgrid.
Yeah, unicorns, my little pony and paw patrol. That’s all my kid loves right now, all her clothes need to have one of these.
My 10 yo sister told me her aesthetic was pink and purple. She also loves unicorns. She’s not as obsessed with them as she used to be.
Is Charlotte’s hair changing color?
Probably just sun-streaked from being outside/at the beach. Mine always got lighter in the spring/summer as a kid due to this.
Carole Middleton’s mini-me. George and Charlotte are young Mike and Carole
The Middleton genes do seem to be strong in those kids, even Louis.
I have to say Will and Kate do seem to be good parents.
“seem to be good parents”
This kind of comment is so bizarre to me. The kids are cute, because we can see pictures of them. But beyond that – -do we know if Will and Kate scream at the kids behind closed doors? I’m assuming they don’t, but we wouldn’t know if they did. Do we know if they are raising their kids to be homophobic? Again, I assume they aren’t, but we don’t know that. How can anyone who doesn’t know them personally say whether they are “good” parents or not? Prince Charles said his parents were emotionally distant, but if we go back decades ago to when he was a child, I’m sure there were strangers who thought Elizabeth and Philip were “good” parents. Again, maybe it’s just me, but I find it bizarre that people can judge how good a parent is from pictures.
I still think Charlotte is the spiting image of QEII with the personality of Anne, The Princess Royal.
I agree.
Yes. It’s going to be fun watching her grow up.
I agree! She is baby QE2
Oh Kaiser loves this discussion!!! lol
Yes. She looks exactly like the Queen and her sister Margaret IMO.
I co-sign to the above. The only child that looks “Middleton” to me is Louis. He looks like Kate’s father.
I agree. I think she is straight up QE II. I don’t see the Middletons in her. Watching her grow will be fun.
I don’t think Charlotte looks like the Queen at all, she is mostly Lady Sarah Chatto with a bit of Carole thrown in. Check out photos of Chatto as a child – you will be amazed at the resemblance.
Totally! QEII’s mini me.
I actually think she looks like James Middleton in this pictures (i know, I know, I’m the only one that does). If you look at QEII pictures as a child there is not a resemblance…. Maybe Sarah Chatto. George does look like a mixture of William and Michael Middleton. And Louis looks like his mother…. But we all know the windsor genes are strong so by their 20’s they will look like their father’s family.
It is huge where we are for girls 8-10. My 10 yo daughter never got into it, but she is a die hard horse lover and that is her sole obsession.
I agree with Kaiser about stickers! Loved me some stickers! Remember the scratch and sniff stickers… loved those! Also enjoyed scented markers!!
I loved scented markers and pens too, the white ones smelled like popcorn or vanilla
My sisters and I used to have whole sticker albums! The scratch and sniff ones were the best. I distinctly remember a root beer sticker that I loved smelling.
Root beer rocks!!!! I also used to love root beer hard candies and popsicles 😍
I want to go back to a time when I didn’t have a mortgage or worry about affording shit like new furnaces or tires! 😞
I still buy scented or scratch-and-sniff stickers for use in my classroom. My 8/9-year-old students love them! Pizza is still a favourite with my boys, but it’s a toss-up between cupcake, fairy flossy and marshmallow with the girls
Oh my GOD the stickers. I had multiple “sticker journals.” There was a sticker store in town my parents would take me to I guess as bribes or rewards for good behavior LOL
Can she get any cuter?
I doubt it. They are both darling,
I love unicorns too 🙂 ………but I’m 26
I remember I used to love unicorns and horses when I was younger.
Remember the movie Legend? The unicorns!!!!!
Same, kid. Same. And I’m 36.
My oldest sister is also obsessed with unicorns. Her house is a shrine to unicorns. She has an antique unicorn from a merry go round in her foyer
omg I would love to visit your sister’s house if she ever has an Open House! Sounds so fascinating!
I love school uniforms. I wish my kid went to a school that required uniforms like that.
My son goes to a school that requires uniform and it’s the best! Do you want to wear the long-sleeve or the short-sleeve burgundy shirt? Is about all the discussion we have in the morning.
She-Ra, Rainbow Brite, pink & purple, and Lisa Frank!
My daughter is almost 4, and she’s obsessed with unicorns right now. Don’t know how it happened! Lunch box, lunch bag, water bottle, the works.
She went to a birthday party with ponies dressed as unicorns and now she wants to ride “slow unicorns.” I am a lifetime horse fanatic (don’t own one right now) and I’m stoked that she likes horses too. Thanks unicorns!
Yes, his dropping of cute little tidbits about his kids is his version of “work.” He’s got this down. Harry saves the world and William saves his own ass to live like a trophy wife (no offense to real trophy wives). You go, William, future king of England.
Give me a break. Harry saves the world? William should definitely work more but let him talk about his cute kids for crying out loud.
See, and I was thinking that I like when they do this. I like hearing the little tidbits about Charlotte liking unicorns, or when the kids loved Peppa Pig (was it PP that they loved? I cant remember) – stuff like that. I don’t think people have the right to know every detail of their lives, obviously, but the little stuff that gives them more personality – I like it.
Yes! I completely agree that it humanizes them. I think it’s lovely that William is aware of what his daughter’s likes and dislikes are. Charles had a rather clinical upbringing so while I imagine that Charles was warmer than his own father, I feel like William’s upbringing was still pretty formal. His awareness of what her interests are shows that he engages with his children when they spend time together.
“Harry saves the world”, hahahaha, you are really funny! 🙂
@Elisa,one private jet trip at a time…
How on earth does Harry save the world?
I know I like Harry, but come on save the world. The other thing is wow I hate to see him fall off that very high pedestal you have him on or for that matter just get down. In a few years or quicker that’s going to be hard to see.
Unicorns are having a real moment right now. I have two little boys but when I do the elementary school drop off, all the girls have unicorn accessories.
I know Im reaching but what if Will said this because of the scottish independence by exercising soft power? Unicorns are the scottish national animal so…idk just a thought lol
The unicorn is in the Queen’s royal coat of arms, I’ve always LOVED that. It’s in many of the monarchy’s coat of arms. I think it’s some reference to Scotland. I hope Charlotte gets to have a unicorn in hers 💖🦄
The unicorn is actually the national animal of Scotland!
I hope these kids are going to be allowed SOME privacy. Their parents can’t toss them to the public every time they want to score points, or as a substitute to working.
Who’s going to stop them? William does what he wants.
When the kids come out or if there is talk about the kids, the parents get a pass on the low engagement numbers and other issues. It works every time which is why they do it. William is very private and doesn’t share anything to the media without a reason. She had a unicorn keychain a few days ago so it’s not like he revealed a state secret by saying this. Kate has been more spontaneous about them in the past but they generally only say fairly generic things about the kids and people eat it up.
It looks like she has a bump near her hairline?
To me she favors William.
Lady Sarah Chatto.