--- title: Watch Princess Charlotte's Handshake in Berlin VIDEO description: See adorable budding foreign diplomat Princess Charlotte steal the show with a handshake. canonical: https://time.com/4864520/princess-charlotte-handshake-curtsy-berlin/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-19T16:12:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:29.997Z og:title: Watch Princess Charlotte Steal the Show With Her Handshake og:description: She's a natural og:url: https://time.com/4864520/princess-charlotte-handshake-curtsy-berlin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt245d0ee5d9aca090/6988d64797cdff5fb46b1a69/gettyimages-818853880.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Visit Germany - Day 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Princess Charlotte Steal the Show With Her Handshake twitter:description: She's a natural twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt245d0ee5d9aca090/6988d64797cdff5fb46b1a69/gettyimages-818853880.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Princess Charlotte Flawlessly Assume Royal Duties With a Diplomatic Handshake  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 19, 2017 4:12 PM UTC  BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 19: Princess Charlotte of Cambridge arrives at Berlin military airport during an official visit to Poland and Germany on July 19, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage) BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 19: Princess Charlotte of Cambridge arrives at Berlin military airport during an official visit to Poland and Germany on July 19, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)Samir Hussein—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 19, 2017 4:12 PM UTC Is [Princess Charlotte](http://time.com/4778993/princess-charlotte-photos-william-george-kate-middleton/) the key to good relations between the U.K. and other countries? If her arrival in Berlin during the Royal Family’s official trip to Germany on Wednesday is any indication, the pint-sized princess and [only daughter of Prince William and Kate Middleton](http://time.com/4761142/princess-charlotte-photo-second-birthday/) could have a future in international diplomacy. Upon leaving the plane, Charlotte graciously accepted a tiny bouquet of flowers that matched the much-larger bouquet carried by her mother, [the Duchess of Cambridge](http://time.com/4765292/kate-middleton-feeds-lamb/). The two-year-old royal then proceeded to offer a German official – a defense attaché – a diplomatic handshake just like her mother, something that charmed the officials to no end. See Charlotte’s foreign diplomacy skills in action below. > [](https://twitter.com/QueenVicMirror/status/887614812280291328) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4864520/princess-charlotte-handshake-curtsy-berlin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4864520/princess-charlotte-handshake-curtsy-berlin/"},"headline":"Watch Princess Charlotte Flawlessly Assume Royal Duties With a Diplomatic Handshake","datePublished":"2017-07-19T16:12:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:29.997Z","description":"She's a natural","url":"https://time.com/4864520/princess-charlotte-handshake-curtsy-berlin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Princess Charlotte","British Royals","british royal family"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt245d0ee5d9aca090/6988d64797cdff5fb46b1a69/gettyimages-818853880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt245d0ee5d9aca090/6988d64797cdff5fb46b1a69/gettyimages-818853880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Visit Germany - Day 1","caption":"The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Visit Germany - Day 1","creditText":"Samir Hussein—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4864520/princess-charlotte-handshake-curtsy-berlin/","name":"Watch Princess Charlotte Flawlessly Assume Royal Duties With a Diplomatic Handshake"}}]}] ```