![]() ![]() While they may have control over this now, it gets trickier when dealing with rebellious teenagers.Īnother concern is protecting the children’s privacy as they grow in independence. As the first royals to grow up in the age of Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, decisions will have to be taken regarding social media. Like any parents, William and Kate are feeling the pressure when it comes to how to manage their children’s use of devices and social media. There are undoubtedly challenges ahead, and George turning 10 shows how quickly childhood turns into adolescence. William is also very close to Michael, once admitting that he calls the mild-mannered former British Airways flight dispatcher, “Dad”. ![]() The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.Īs a doting grandpa, the King has enjoyed growing closer to his grandchildren in recent years, having initially felt a little pushed out by Kate’s parents Michael and Carole Middleton doing the bulk of the babysitting. She is now a patron of several arts organisations, including the National Portrait Gallery, the V&A and the Royal Photographic Society. King Charles, like his late father, the Duke of Edinburgh, is an accomplished painter, while George’s mother Kate has a longstanding interest in photography, and studied History of Art at St Andrews University. George is also thought to have a creative side, inheriting a love of art from both sides of his family. ![]() “They all love sport, and Louis is mad about rugby.” He’ll have his little brother to contend with, though – “They’re always slightly competitive with each other,” she added. “Because he is tall, he has the physique.” When they attended the Wales versus England Six Nations rugby union match in Cardiff in February, the Princess revealed that George was moving up from tag rugby to touch rugby at school. William since told the BBC: “ a bit sort of annoyed by the fact they went out litter picking one day and then the very next day, they did the same route, same time, and pretty much all the same litter they picked up was back again.” “What animal do you think will become extinct next?” “Hello, David Attenborough,” George said politely. We already know he’s a budding environmentalist: in lockdown, for David Attenborough’s documentary, A Life on Our Planet, Kensington Palace shared footage of George, Charlotte and Louis asking the beloved naturalist questions. As a solemn, stoic presence at the State funeral and a page of honour at the Coronation, the perfectly behaving youngster had a front-row seat to two pivotal moments in history. This past year Prince George, her great grandson, has had his first taste of what that word truly means. The late Queen set the example of duty throughout her reign and it continues to drive the Royal family after her death. According to royal historian Robert Lacey’s book, Battle of Brothers, George learned of his inherited role around his seventh birthday, in the summer of 2020, when, wrote Lacey, “his parents went into more detail about what the little prince’s life of future royal ‘service and duty’ would particularly involve”. It was three years ago when the Prince and Princess of Wales first started to tell their eldest son a little about the role that his grandpa, his father and then he too would one day play. Reaching double figures is an important milestone in any child’s life, but how many of the children at his tenth birthday celebrations this weekend have their lives mapped out for them in quite the same way as Prince George? Looking more mature than his years, and remarkably like his father, it’s clear from the photograph that Kensington Palace have released to mark his birthday that Prince George, who turns 10 today, is becoming more comfortable with the responsibilities that will eventually fall to him.Īs the blue eyed toddler with the determined gaze and careful smile, it seemed almost impossible that this young man would one day hold the future of the monarchy on his shoulders, however much he resembled his grandfather at the same age. ![]()
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