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Prince George of Wales (George Alexander Louis; born 22 July 2013) is a member of the British royal family. He is the eldest child of
William, Prince of Wales William, Prince of Wales, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales. Born in London, William was edu ...
, and Catherine, Princess of Wales. George is the eldest grandchild of
King Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to a ...
and second in
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behind his father. Born at St Mary's Hospital in London during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, his birth was widely celebrated across the
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due to the expectation that he will one day become king. When George was nine years old, his great-grandmother died and his grandfather ascended the throne.


Birth

Prince George was born on 22 July 2013 in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London, at 16:24 BST, during the reign of his great-grandmother
Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
, as the first child of the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
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and
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. His birth was announced by press release, and was followed by the display of a traditional easel in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. The new-born was widely hailed as a future king in the majority of British newspapers. Twenty-one-gun salutes signalled the birth in the capitals of
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and New Zealand; the bells of
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and many other churches were rung; and landmarks in the Commonwealth realms were illuminated in various colours, mostly blue to signify the birth of a boy. On 24 July, his name was announced as George Alexander Louis. Prince George's official title and style at birth was "His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge", in accordance with Letters Patent dated 1898, 1917, and most recently 31 December 2012. The great-grandchild of then reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II, George was third in the
line of succession to the British throne Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, gender, legitimacy and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 a ...
at the time of his birth. Speculation ensued during the pregnancy of the Duchess of Cambridge that George's birth would boost the British national economy and provide a focus for national pride. Commemorative coins were issued by the Royal Mint and the
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, the first time a royal birth had been marked that way. Prince George's birth marked the second time that three generations in direct line of succession to the throne had been alive at the same time, a situation that last occurred between 1894 and 1901, in the last seven years of the reign of
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.


Upbringing

George was christened by
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, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace on 23 October 2013, with Oliver Baker, Emilia Jardine-Paterson,
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,
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton, LVO, MBE, DL (born 28 September 1960) is the former Private Secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and to Prince Harry. He was appointed on 2 May 2005 and resigned as full-time Private Secretary wit ...
, Julia Samuel, William van Cutsem and
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serving as godparents. The Lily Font used at the ceremony was made for Queen Victoria's first child and the water was taken from the
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. Prince George spent his first months at his parents' cottage on the grounds of
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in
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, before his family relocated to Kensington Palace in 2014. His younger siblings,
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and
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, were born in 2015 and 2018, respectively. The family briefly lived in
Anmer Hall Anmer Hall is a Georgian country house in the village of Anmer in Norfolk, England. Built in the 19th century, it was acquired by the Sandringham Estate sometime after Queen Victoria purchased the property, and has previously been leased to b ...
in Norfolk from 2015 to 2017, before returning to primarily living in Kensington Palace. In 2022, the family moved to
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in
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. On 8 September 2022, George's great-grandmother Elizabeth II
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and was succeeded as monarch by his grandfather Charles III. George thus became second in line to the throne, after his father.


Education

George's formal education began in January 2016, when, at the age of two, he began attending the Westacre
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School Nursery, near his family home at
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in
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. He attended his first day of
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on 7 September 2017 at the Thomas's School in Battersea. He attended the school under the name of George Cambridge. George and his siblings began attending
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, an independent preparatory school in Berkshire in September 2022.


Official appearances

George embarked on his first
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with his parents in April 2014, during which the Cambridges spent three weeks in New Zealand and Australia. Although he only appeared twice, the
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described the "nine-month-old future king" as "the star of the show". Prime Minister of Australia
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predicted in
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, that George would one day be welcomed there as
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. Australian media called him "the republican slayer", after polls showed the lowest support for a republicanism in the country for 35 years. In June 2015, he made his first public appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the
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parade marking Queen Elizabeth II's Official Birthday. On 22 April 2016, George met
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and his wife Michelle Obama. He was photographed with a rocking horse that the Obamas had given him when he was born. The encounter later prompted
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to joke that "Prince George showed up to our meeting in his bathrobe... a clear breach of protocol." George and his younger sister,
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, accompanied their parents on a tour of Canada in September 2016, and on a diplomatic visit to Poland and Germany in July 2017. In December 2019, George and Charlotte both attended their first Sandringham Christmas Day Service at St Mary Magdalene. In March 2020, Prince George joined his siblings, Charlotte and
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, in an online video to applaud key workers during the
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. During the
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, George held a cake sale to raise money for
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, a charity of which his father is a patron. In September 2020, the children met David Attenborough; Kensington Palace subsequently released a video of them asking Attenborough questions regarding
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. On 11 December 2020, they made their first
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appearance accompanying their parents to the
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for a performance of a
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held to thank
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s for their efforts during the pandemic. On 20 June 2021, George and Charlotte accompanied their father to start a
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half-marathon race for the Run Sandringham event on the
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. On 29 June 2021, George accompanied his parents to a Euro 2020 Championship football match at
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, in which England played against Germany. A few weeks later, on 11 July, George and his parents also attended the Euro 2020 Final, where George received media attention for his enthusiasm during the game. On 26 February 2022, George and his parents attended the Guinness Six Nations Rugby match between Wales and England at
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, he met with representatives of the sport and attended a press conference where he discussed his own Rugby lessons but did not say which side he was supporting (his father is patron of the Welsh Rugby Union and his mother its English counterpart). On 29 March 2022, George accompanied his parents and sister to a service of thanksgiving for the life of the late
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. On 2 June 2022, during his great-grandmother's
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celebration weekend, George and his siblings made their debut in the Trooping the Colour carriage procession. The procession was followed by a flypast, during which all three Cambridge children joined their parents, the Queen, and other working royals on the Buckingham Palace balcony. Shortly afterwards, on 4 June, George and Charlotte made their first official visit to Wales with their parents, where they attended concert rehearsals in Cardiff Castle, part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Later that same day, George and Charlotte accompanied their parents to the
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. The next day, on 5 June, George attended the Platinum Jubilee Pageant with his parents and siblings. Following the pageant he joined his parents, younger siblings, the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and the Duchess of Cornwall on the Buckingham Palace balcony. On 19 September 2022, George and his sister,
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accompanied by their parents, attended the state funeral of his paternal great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.


Public image

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that he wore while meeting President Obama sold out after he was seen wearing it. In September 2017 the news that the Prince's school had served a Le Puy green lentil dish resulted in a spike in the sales of the legume. He was ranked number 49 on '' GQ''s "50 Best Dressed Men in Britain" list in 2015. In 2018, George became the youngest person to appear on ''
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''s best-dressed list. George's parents have been adamant about maintaining their son's privacy as he grows up. In August 2015, Kensington Palace stated that they wanted all global media to stop taking unauthorised photographs of George, saying that "a line adbeen crossed" in paparazzi methods of locating and photographing him, including surveilling the family and sending children to bring George into view. In July 2018 an
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supporter and propagandist from Lancashire, who had encouraged an attack on George's school in October 2017, was jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years. In the British satirical sketch programme ''
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'', then-toddler Prince George was depicted as a rebellious, foul-mouthed character with a lewd sense of humour. The 2016 children's book ''
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'', written in honour of the 90th birthdays of both Queen Elizabeth II and the fictional character of
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, features a
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from Prince George, to whom Piglet presents a red balloon. The 2021
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''
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'' stars a fictionalised eight-year-old Prince George (voiced by showrunner Gary Janetti) who makes life difficult both for his family and for the British monarchy; it was cancelled in February 2022 after the first series drew criticism for satirising children.


Title and styles

George is a
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with the official
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"His Royal Highness Prince George of Wales". During the reign of his great-grandmother, he was styled "His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge".


See also

*
Family tree of the British royal family This is the family tree of the British royal family, from James I (who united the crowns of England and Scotland) to the present monarch, Charles III. Before James VI and I :''See Family tree of English monarchs, Family tree of Scottish monarc ...
* List of living British princes and princesses


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References


External links


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