So, going by how Princess Charlotte has been raised these last six years and the women in her family she has to look up to, we’re picturing a combination of familial devotion, pragmatism, service and spunkiness, with some inevitable trailblazing as the eldest daughter of the future King of England (21st century edition) thrown into the mix as well.
There will always be heightened interest in what Charlotte is up to, as Kate and William’s only daughter, and everything from her fashion (the “Charlotte Effect” has already pumped many dollars into the U.K. retail economy), to her education and extracurriculars, to her eventual choice of mate will the get the once- (and twice-, and third-) over.
But the possibilities are endless, especially considering she has modernity and birth order on her side. As the first girl in her storied family who will keep her place in the line of succession over her younger brother, the role of spare heir will be whatever she makes of it.
