Princess Charlotte is learning to speak Spanish.

Princess Charlotte with her family

Princess Charlotte with her family

The young royal - who is the daughter of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge - might only be two years old, but she's already working on becoming bilingual, as her Spanish nanny Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo is teaching her the language.

According to People magazine, the toddler - who started nursery school last week - is making huge strides in the language, and is already starting to pick up on the phrases used by her nanny.

Charlotte is said to be following in the footsteps of her four-year-old brother Prince George, who was able to count to 10 in the widely spoken language by the time he was three.

Speaking last year, their mother Duchess Catherine, 35, said: "She [Borrallo] said she is trying to teach Charlotte Spanish and said George can count up to ten in Spanish already."

It comes after a source recently revealed that Princess Charlotte is "polite, but also fun and energetic", and she loves to engage in conversation with people.

They added: "She's very sweet and very confident - she's always chatting away. She has beautiful manners."

Charlotte was all smiles as she attended her first day of nursery last week at Willcocks Nursery School in London, which her parents - who are currently expecting their third child - are said to have hand-picked because it will be an "ideal first step" in her education.

A source claimed: "They chose that nursery because they thought it would be an ideal first step for Charlotte's education, and they were impressed by the team who work there."

Catherine took pictures of Charlotte ahead of her first day and they were posted on the Kensington Palace official Twitter account.

The images were captioned: "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share two photographs of Princess Charlotte at Kensington Palace this morning.

"The images were taken by The Duchess shortly before Princess Charlotte left for her first day of nursery at the Willcocks Nursery School."