--- title: UK: Royal Family New Addition Princess Charlotte Is a Deep Sleeper description: Giving her busy parents extra sleep to catch up on canonical: https://time.com/3917962/royal-family-princess-charlotte-sleep/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-11T16:48:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:08:27.359Z og:title: Princess Charlotte 'Does Sleep Through the Night,' Says Prince Charles og:description: Giving her busy parents extra sleep to catch up on og:url: https://time.com/3917962/royal-family-princess-charlotte-sleep/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea9c27c270995aa1/6988541fa988caca1c6b2fa8/476127696-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=396&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 396 og:image:height: 223 og:image:alt: Prince George and Princess Charlotte in Norfolk, England. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Princess Charlotte 'Does Sleep Through the Night,' Says Prince Charles twitter:description: Giving her busy parents extra sleep to catch up on twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea9c27c270995aa1/6988541fa988caca1c6b2fa8/476127696-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=396&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Princess Charlotte 'Does Sleep Through the Night,' Says Prince Charles > Sponsored content. 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It seems 5-week-old [Charlotte](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20928826,00.html) is being the perfect little princess and letting her parents, [Prince William](http://www.people.com/people/prince%5Fwilliam) and [Princess Kate](http://www.people.com/people/kate%5Fmiddleton), get a little shut-eye at night. Doting grandfather [Prince Charles](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:PrinceCharles,00.html) talked about the newest addition to the royal family on Wednesday at a tea party with World War II veterans at Clarence House in London. Geoff Bradley, one of the guests at the afternoon tea, told [the Press Association](http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsroyalbaby/charlotte-sleeps-through-night/ar-BBkVual) that when he chatted with Charles about grandchildren, “He was saying Princess Charlotte does sleep through the night and it was much easier on mum than [Prince George](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:PrinceGeorge,00.html).” This is probably a relief for Kate and her husband – less than a month ago, a slightly bleary-eyed William [admitted](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20924576,00.html) that they were enduring sleepless nights with their then-two-week-old baby and an energetic 22-month-old. “He was saying he’s obviously really enjoying being a father and Princess Charlotte is actually keeping him up – and probably why his eyes are looking a little bit tired,” said Steph Houghton, captain of the England women’s soccer team. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20929833,00.html) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ ## Transcript Kensington Palace released the first official photos of Prince George and his baby sister, Princess Charlotte, Saturday, in what are debilitatingly adorable images. So adorable in fact, that some Twitter users revered to key stroke calisthenics to share their reactions. And, it seems whoever was running the Kensington Royal Twitter account was just as excited. Tweeting, then quickly deleting this gem. Amateur photographer, and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, reportedly too the photos at her family's home in Norfolk in mid- May. In case you were wondering what sort of mortal instrument could possibly capture this magical moment between George and Charlotte The BBC reports Middleton used a Cannon EOS5D Mark 2. This kind of focus on the minutiae of the royal family isn't exactly surprising. Writers for USA Today say " The pictures are expected to be a sensation around the world, but especially in Britain, where the Cambridge- loving public and media are ever eager to feast on rare official photos of the royal babies ." That eagerness is best evidenced by the bundles and bundles of cards and gifts sent to the royal family after Charlotte's birth. Although it took weeks for the royal family to release these photos, which were obviously worth the wait, we could expect to see more photos of Princess Charlotte in the near future. 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