Princess Charlotte bows Prince George to bow at the Queen’s funeral

Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy lives on.

Princess Charlotte was captured giving her older brother, Prince George, instructions on how to behave at her great-grandmother’s funeral on Monday.

In a short video of a lavish ceremony in London, 7-year-old Charlotte bent over 9-year-old George and gestured with her hands as if she were whispering, “You must bow.” The second in line to the throne listened carefully, then nodded his appreciation.

As the late monarch’s coffin passed the two eldest children of the newly appointed Prince and Princess of Wales at Wellington Arch, George bowed his head while his younger sister cursed in line with their mother, Kate Middleton, their aunt, Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, and their step-grandmother, the Queen Camill’s spouse.

But Charlotte embodied more than Elizabeth’s pledge to abide by royal protocol during a widely publicized spectacle when she arrived in her first significant jewelry: a horseshoe-shaped brilliant brooch that she was said to have gifted her great-grandmother.

The young princess also wore her hat for the first time at a service at Westminster Abbey.

“You have to bow down” Charlotte, age 7, seemingly whispered to her older brother, age 9.

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“You have to bow down” Charlotte, age 7, seemingly whispered to her older brother, age 9.

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Like her aunt Meghan and her grandfather King Charles III, Charlotte was touched during this gloomy all-day event.

Middleton was photographed placing her hand on the back of her crying daughter, then gently grasped her hand and led her to the crowded church.

The youngest child of Middleton and Prince William, Prince Louis, 4, was absent after the former explained that the tiny toddler had difficulty understanding the Queen’s death.

All three of the kids from Mountbatten-Windsor were brought to a number of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee events in June, where Charlotte was again caught making sure her brothers showed the proper etiquette.

During the Trooping the Color procession, Charlotte sweetly discouraged Louis from waving incessantly and then nudged George to correct his posture while watching the Pageant parade.