Kate Middleton and Prince William are still thinking about the royal path their daughter will take when she gets 10.
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Charlotte and her parents will have to deal with tough questions as they try to figure out how to handle her complicated situation. Being the spare for Prince George, the future king or queen, is a dangerous position. Her uncle Prince Harry, who was also the spare as a child, has made this very clear.
"The late Queen [Elizabeth] was always very aware of that extraordinary and challenging role of the No. 2," Robert Hardman, author of The Making of a King and royal biographer, tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story.
"That's why she felt especially close to her sister Margaret and her sons Andrew and Harry." "She knew what it was like to be second in a strictly hierarchical family and institution," he says. "Everyone is conscious of that."
Hardman also says that one of William's most important jobs is to "make the whole royal life approachable and not scary for all his children," not just get ready to be King himself. Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 10, who turned 10 on May 2, and Prince Louis, 7 are the children of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
In his book Spare, Prince Harry is honest about the pain and identity issues he has had because he is the "spare" in the royal family.
"I stood in for you, helped you, and was your Plan B." "I was born in case something happened to Willy," he wrote.