Princess Charlotte’s adorable secret nickname mum Kate Middleton loves to use
Princess Kate has a very close bond with Princess Charlotte, her only daughter with William. And she has one sweet nickname she likes to use when they are out and about
Everyone is familiar with the British royal family ‘s official titles but behind closed doors things are a lot less formal. Members of the Firm are known to have a number of fun nicknames for each other – and that includes Princess Charlotte .
William and Kate’s only daughter was born Charlotte Elizabeth Diana on 2 May 2015. But it didn’t take long for her proud parents to come up with some sweet abbreviations. One nickname known to be favoured by Kate is ‘Poppet’. It first came to light in 2018, when she was spotted shopping with George and Charlotte at The Range. One fellow shopper told The Daily Mail at the time that at one point, Charlotte, then aged three, was sitting on the floor in the shop, prompting mum Kate to tell her: “Get up poppet.”
It’s not Charlotte’s only family nickname. During a visit to Windsor Park stadium in Northern Ireland in 2019, influencer Laura-Ann Barr, who posts under @all.thats.pretty, revealed that the Princess of Wales referred to her daughter as ‘Lottie’ rather than Charlotte during their conversation. It’s thought that Charlotte’s school friends also call her Lottie Wales, as a nod to the titles given to her parents by King Charles when her great-grandmother the Queen passed away.
According to Vanity Fair’s royal correspondent Katie Nichol, William and Kate have referred to Charlotte as the “Warrior Princess” due to her ‘feisty’ personality. In addition, it’s said that William uses the name ‘mignonette’ when referring to his daughter, a French term of endearment. The parents have family names for their other children, too. And George has a particularly unusual moniker – inspired by a British brand of tea bags. Once his friends started abbreviating Prince George to ‘PG’, William and Kate apparently took the next logical step and dubbed him Tips.
And in 2023, Princess Kate revealed her adorable name for youngest child, Prince Louis . While the family was volunteering with a Scout group as part of the “Big Help Out”—a nationwide volunteering initiative in honour of the coronation of King Charles —they took some time to roast marshmallows over a fire pit. As she handed Louis a stick, Kate was overheard saying: “Pop that in the fire, Lou Bug.” Prince William also has his own nicknames, including one given to him by his late mother Diana – ‘Wombat’.
In a 2007 interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, he explained: “It began when I was two. I’ve been rightfully told because I can’t remember back that far. But when we went to Australia with our parents, and the wombat, you know, that’s the local animal. So I just basically got called that. Not because I look like a wombat, or maybe I do?!”
And William was actually responsible for one of the late Queen’s more unusual nicknames, ‘Gary’. According to Daily Mail , while William was playing at Buckingham Palace as a child, he took a little trip and called out for help. But instead of shouting for ‘Granny’, he called for ‘Gary’- much to the confusion of everyone present. The column reported: “A guest who went to help asked who Gary was, assuming it must be a member of the royal household. ‘I’m Gary,’ responded the Queen. “‘He hasn’t learned to say Granny yet’.”
