Princess Charlotte could be facing a very different future to older brother Prince George - and is growing up knowing she will get a job, according to a royal expert.
The seven-year-old is currently third in line to the throne behind her father Prince William and brother George - both future Kings.
It has long been thought that Charlotte would one day be given the title of Princess Royal and be a full-time royal supporting her dad and then her big brother.
But one royal expert says he has been told that the young princess is being brought up by William and mum the Princess of Wales knowing she will have to work for a living.
Writing in the Daily Mail's Palace Confidential newsletter, diary editor Richard Eden explained: "From what I hear, the Prince and Princess of Wales want Charlotte, aged seven, to grow up with the expectation that she will get a job and not be a full-time royal.
"This path for the young Princess would be in keeping with her grandfather, King Charles III's, vision for a slimmed-down monarchy."
It comes as a historian has predicted roles for all of the Wales children at King Charles' upcoming Coronation on May 6 - and it could be that Charlotte gets to wear a special item.
Dr Tessa Dunlop said that history points to the children also being seen in their finery alongside the adults.
She explained: "The idea of Prince George as a cherub-like page boy or indeed Charlotte as a maid of honour is too good to be true but would signal a break with precedent.
"Nine-year-old George isn't too young - the 12th Duke of Devonshire was page boy to the Mistress of Robes at that age for the 1953 coronation."
Tessa also added: "But George is directly in line to the throne so unlikely to be given what is effectively a servile role – albeit it an exceptional one.
"While he won't be carrying Grandpa's train, George alongside siblings Charlotte and Louis will be a big visual pull at the coronation – just as Prince Charles was at his mother's.
"Expect Charlotte in a dainty coronet [small crown] - perhaps even the one the late Queen wore to her father's coronation aged 10 - and the two brothers in frock coats and breeches.
"Kate loves dressing up her children, so objections are unlikely. And the money shot everyone will want is a snap of the three siblings in their finery alongside the King and the Queen on Buckingham Palace balcony after the service."
