Princess Charlotte was seen using a well-known catchphrase while visiting The Baby Bank in Windsor with Princess Kate, Prince George and Prince Louis on their secret outing. The eight-year-old volunteered for the evening at the charity as she was filmed packing up gift bags of clothes.
The sweet clip was posted on the Prince and Princess of Wales’s social media channels on Monday. It shows Kate pulling up in a car with the children before they take in donations from the boot.
Kate tells the youngsters that they will be volunteering for the evening, to which Charlotte says “Ooh la la” – a favourite phrase of the young princess, who was first heard using in 2019 when visiting her mum’s Back to Nature Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.
The phrase is often used for showing surprise, admiration, or excitement about something, and originates in France.
The family are then seen getting to work by picking out toys for children and adding them to gift bags.
Louis is seen picking out a King Kong toy for a little boy, saying “this is a big guy” before writing out gift tags. Later, Kate, dressed casually in jeans and a roll-neck jumper, tells the children they have to sort through some bags full of donated clothes, with Louis, emptying the bags.
Charlotte neatly folds the items, while a colourful shirt catches George’s eye. In one sweet moment, Charlotte, in a red jumper and denim skirt, can be seen giggling with her mum as they find a babygro that features a Welsh flag.
In a further clip, Kate tells George how rewarding the work can be as she puts a protective arm around him as he agrees.
The video then ends with the children and their mum carrying the gift bags ready for them to be donated to needy families and the message: “Thank you to everyone who so generously supports Baby Banks across the country.”
The Baby Bank at Windsor was set up by two local mothers in 2015 and has since supported more than 24,000 families in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, which despite being close to Windsor Castle has huge pockets of deprivation.
The cost of living crisis has seen a dramatic rise in referrals, with the team helping a further 300 in the first three months of this year alone, with everything from newborn starter kits to nappies, buggies and beds.
Just last month, Kate helped out at a Baby Bank and spoke of the “desperate” times families are suffering due to the cost of living crisis.
