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Prince William revealed the sweet way Prince George resembles Princess Diana

The little royal has a taste for the arts like his late grandma.
Prince William talks about keeping Princess Diana's memory alive
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He may only be five years old, but Prince George is already showing signs of resembling his late grandmother, Princess Diana.

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At a reception at Kensington Palace for the finalists of the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards, Prince William revealed to one of the finalists the sweet and creative hobby George has picked up that Diana was a huge fan of.

โ€œGeorge is doing dancing as well, he loves it,โ€ William told 14-year-old Junior, who is the UK Freestyle Street Dance Champion.

โ€œMy mother always used to dance, she loved dancing. And if itโ€™s something you love, you do what you love. Donโ€™t let anyone else tell you otherwise. Keep at it.โ€

Prince George has inherited Princess Dianaโ€™s twinkle toes. (Image: Getty Images)

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At his prestigious school, Thomasโ€™s Battersea in London, Prince George is learning a diverse range of subjects including ballet, drama, music, art and technology. So we presume he found his dancing shoes there.

Learn more about Prince Georgeโ€™s school here.

Similarly, his granny discovered her passion for dance at a young age. The then Diana Spencer dreamed of being a ballerina but her dreams came to a halt as she was too tall.

Nevertheless, she continued to dance throughout her life and famously danced with John Travolta at President Reaganโ€™s White House reception in 1985.

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Diana even surprised her husband Prince Charles by secretly rehearsing a routine with ballet dancer Wayne Sleep for months.

When the two headed to the Royal Opera House in 1985 for a show, Diana excused herself and took to the stage to perform a once-in-a-lifetime jig to Billy Joelโ€™s Uptown Girl with Wayne as her partner.

Princess Diana dancing with ballet dancer Wayne Sleep. (Image: Rex Features)

โ€œWe did eight curtain callsโ€ฆ 2000 people with one gasp of breath together, Iโ€™d never heard that before,โ€ Wayne Sleep later confessed in an interview discussing how she surprised the entire audience.

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โ€œThey were in shock and then they realised it was her. I said now you have to bow to the royal box and she said โ€˜Iโ€™m not bowing to him, heโ€™s my husband!โ€™ I said, โ€˜Well I have to!'โ€

WATCH: Wayne Sleep remembers dancing with Princess Diana. Post continues after the videoโ€ฆ

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Itโ€™s clear that Prince William (and soon Prince Harry when he becomes a father) want their children to know about the grandmother they never met.

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In the documentary Diana Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, released 20 years after the Princessโ€™s untimely death, the Duke of Cambridge revealed that he intends to keep her memory and legacy alive.

โ€œWeโ€™ve got more photos up around the house now of her. Itโ€™s hard because Catherine didnโ€™t know her so she canโ€™t really provide that level of detail. I do regularly bring George and Charlotte to bed and talk about her.โ€

โ€œJust try to remind them there are two grandmas, were two grandmas in their lives and itโ€™s important they know who she was and she existed.โ€

And the ever cheeky Diana wouldโ€™ve been a cheeky grandma, William is sure of it.

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โ€œSheโ€™d be a nightmare grandma, absolute nightmare. Sheโ€™d love the children to bits, but she be an absolute nightmare. Sheโ€™d come and go, sheโ€™d probably come at bath time cause an amazing amount of sea and bubbles and bathwater all over the place and then leave.โ€

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