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Princess Charlotte Might Follow In Mum Kate's Sporty Footsteps After Receiving This Gift

The gift nods back to Kate’s childhood - by Chelsea Tromans
  • 07 Nov 2019

It’s not easy to buy a Princess (who no doubt has everything already) a gift, but England netballer Geva Mentor may have gifted Princess Charlotte the perfect present, as it also happens to have a special connection to Charlotte’s mum Kate Middleton.

Watch Below: Princess Charlotte Arrives For Her First Day Of School. 

While being inducted as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire yesterday during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, Mentor meet Prince William and told him that she had a netball for his four-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte. 

"I mentioned that I had a netball for little Charlotte, I think it's so important that kids know what netball is and grow up with it," Mentor told the Press Association.

Likely unintentionally, the gift is a nod to Kate’s childhood. The Duchess of Cambridge played netball (along with many other sports like hockey, tennis and swimming) when she was younger. She was the captain of her school netball team and played Goal Defense - see photos from her childhood netball days here.

Even Charlotte's aunt Meghan Markle, who probably never played netball growing up as it’s not a well-known sport in the US, recently gave the sport a go when she attended a Coach Core Awards in September last year.

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While accepting her CBE medal, Mentor, who is over six feet tall, says, "[Prince William] mentioned the height first of all, he said, 'It's wonderful to be able to look somebody in the eye.'"

“He said that netball made sense with the height that I have, and he mentioned the Commonwealth Games in 2018 and our achievements,” said Mentor, referring to England’s gold medal win last year on the Gold Coast. 

“It’s fantastic that the royal family are aware of what was going on there because it was a moment in history, which was not only great for us personally but for netball in England,” added Mentor.

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Chelsea Tromans is a fashion, beauty and lifestyle editor whose words can be found on BEAUTYcrew, marie claire, Women’s Health, WHO, Daily Addict, and The Joye…just to name a few. She’s a night owl who’s trying to train herself to be a morning person (coffee helps!) and she recently traded in her hectic Sydney life for a quieter pace in Brisbane.

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