Princess Charlotte watching Prince George be a page boy during King Charles III's Coronation has gone viral on TikTok.
The possible future king played an official role in the historic ceremony at Westminster Abbey, on May 6, 2023, helping to carry his grandfather's robes.
And a clip of the momentous day went viral on TikTok after showing Charlotte watch George pass by, processing behind the king through the abbey.
Footage was liked more than 7,000 times and viewed 121,000 times after it was posted with the onscreen caption: "George acting as a page at the coronation. Charlotte's reaction."
Video cameras beaming the ceremony to an audience of millions around the world captured the moment Charlotte watched on before glancing up, seemingly at her father Prince William.
One reply read, "She looks so proud," while another said, "Charlotte's a proud sister."
George, Charlotte and Prince Louis rode to the coronation with their parents William and Princess Kate during the carriage procession.
George, who was nearly 10 years old at the time, was helping carry Charles' robes at the point he walked past his younger sister.
After the service, the children then took their place on the Buckingham Palace balcony, where George stood alongside the other pages.
As is so often the case, it was Louis who stole the show, dancing as he let himself get carried away by the occasion.
William also played a key role, pledging allegiance to his father: "I, William, Prince of Wales, pledge my loyalty to you and faith and truth I will bear unto you, as your liege man of life and limb. So help me God."
Charles became king automatically on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, but the coronation was the moment he was formally crowned alongside Queen Camilla.
For William, it was a chance him to witness a ceremony that he will likely one day take part in, barring abdication, tragedy or the abolition of the monarchy.
George too may one day play the same role as William at his own father's coronation and then many years from now be crowned himself.
Jack Royston is Newsweek's chief royal correspondent based in London. You can find him on X (formerly Twitter) at @jack_royston and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page.
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