Royal Profile: Prince George of Cambridge
Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was born 22 July 2013 as the first child of Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge{Source}. He is also the first grandchild of The Prince Charles of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as the first step-grandchild of Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall {Source}. In May 2015, he was joined by a younger sister, and in April 2018, by a younger brother:
He was baptized on 23 October 2013 {Source}. The following were his godparents{Source}:
Like when his father was 8 months old, he embarked on his first royal tour-to the same location his father had in 1983, Australia and New Zealand. On 9 April 2014, the young prince did his first public engagment with a playdate at the Goverment House which was organized by the New Zealand parenting organization, Plunket {Source}. During the tour, he made a second official apperance, this time at the Taronga Zoo in Australia, where he met a bilby named after him {Source}. He also attended his first Trooping of Colour and his sister's christening in 2015. In 2017, he made a second world tour with his parents, this time with his sister as well, to Germany and Poland {Photos}.In 2018, he visited his new baby brother in the hospital and attended the Trooping of Colour, participated as a page boy in the wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and attended the 2018 Maserati Polo Royal Charity Trophy. In 2019, he visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden that was co-designed by his mother, apperaed on the balcony during the 2019 Trooping of Colour ceremony and cheered on his father and uncle during The King Power Royal Charity Polo Day at Billingbear Polo Club along side his mother, aunt, siblings and little cousin Archie. So far in 2020, his life has been fairly quiet, however he has participated in a clap for NHS carers as part of the BBC Children In Need and Comic Relief 'Big Night In at London and assisted with packing up and delivering food packages for isolated pensioners in the local area as part of his little sister's fifth birthday celebrations. ON the eve of his 7th birthday, new photographs were released of the future king.
In January 2016, he began attending Westacre Montessori School Nursery{Source}. In March 2017, it was announced that George would begin primary school in September 2017 at the Thomas's Battersea School, where he is currently a student along side his younger sister and distant cousin Maud Windsor{Source}.
Per the British Patent issued by King George V in 1917, Prince George of Cambridge was entitled to inherit the title Prince of Cambridge, however, in 2012 Queen Elizabeth II issued her own patent, granting the rights to all of Prince William's children for the use of Prince/ss of Cambridge. Per the 1917 patent, the rights were to only the eldest son, and all other children would have been either The Lord XXX Mountbatten-Windsor or The Lady YYY Mountbatten-Windsor if born prior to the beginning Prince Charles or Prince William's reign. However, with Queen Elizabeth's patent, all of Prince William's children will be titled Prince or Princess of Cambridge from birth.
- Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge (2015)
- Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge (2018)
He was baptized on 23 October 2013 {Source}. The following were his godparents{Source}:
- Mrs. Zara Anne Elizabeth Philips-Tindall (paternal 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Mr. Oliver Baker (university friend of his parents)
- Mrs. Emilla Jardine-Paterson (childhood friend of his mother)
- Hugh Grosvnor, Earl Grosvenor (childhood friend of his father)
- Mr. William van Cutsem (childhood friend of his father)
- Mr. Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton (former private secretary to his parents)
- Mrs. Julia Samuel (friend of his paternal deceased grandmother)
Like when his father was 8 months old, he embarked on his first royal tour-to the same location his father had in 1983, Australia and New Zealand. On 9 April 2014, the young prince did his first public engagment with a playdate at the Goverment House which was organized by the New Zealand parenting organization, Plunket {Source}. During the tour, he made a second official apperance, this time at the Taronga Zoo in Australia, where he met a bilby named after him {Source}. He also attended his first Trooping of Colour and his sister's christening in 2015. In 2017, he made a second world tour with his parents, this time with his sister as well, to Germany and Poland {Photos}.In 2018, he visited his new baby brother in the hospital and attended the Trooping of Colour, participated as a page boy in the wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and attended the 2018 Maserati Polo Royal Charity Trophy. In 2019, he visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden that was co-designed by his mother, apperaed on the balcony during the 2019 Trooping of Colour ceremony and cheered on his father and uncle during The King Power Royal Charity Polo Day at Billingbear Polo Club along side his mother, aunt, siblings and little cousin Archie. So far in 2020, his life has been fairly quiet, however he has participated in a clap for NHS carers as part of the BBC Children In Need and Comic Relief 'Big Night In at London and assisted with packing up and delivering food packages for isolated pensioners in the local area as part of his little sister's fifth birthday celebrations. ON the eve of his 7th birthday, new photographs were released of the future king.
In January 2016, he began attending Westacre Montessori School Nursery{Source}. In March 2017, it was announced that George would begin primary school in September 2017 at the Thomas's Battersea School, where he is currently a student along side his younger sister and distant cousin Maud Windsor{Source}.
Per the British Patent issued by King George V in 1917, Prince George of Cambridge was entitled to inherit the title Prince of Cambridge, however, in 2012 Queen Elizabeth II issued her own patent, granting the rights to all of Prince William's children for the use of Prince/ss of Cambridge. Per the 1917 patent, the rights were to only the eldest son, and all other children would have been either The Lord XXX Mountbatten-Windsor or The Lady YYY Mountbatten-Windsor if born prior to the beginning Prince Charles or Prince William's reign. However, with Queen Elizabeth's patent, all of Prince William's children will be titled Prince or Princess of Cambridge from birth.
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