He may only be eight years old, but Prince George already knows there’s something special about him that sets him apart from his siblings and other children his age.
According to royal historian and author Robert Lacey, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sat their eldest son down a year or so ago and told him that he will one day become king of England, following, as ruler, in the footsteps of his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, grandfather Prince Charles, and father.
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“Maybe one day George will tell us the story himself,” Robert writes in his book Battle of Brothers.
“But sometime around the boy’s seventh birthday in the [northern] summer of 2020, it is thought that his parents went into more detail about what the little prince’s life of future royal ‘service and duty’ would particularly involve.”
Meanwhile, Sunday Times royal correspondent Roya Nikkhah’s take on the Cambridges’ decision to have George at the matches was that it was their way of easing him into the life of public service, one step at a time.
“This is an official duty for Prince George at the age of seven,” she said.
“Getting him used to big crowds and knowing that he is being watched by millions of people – it’s quite a clever way of doing it.”
While that was a successful foray into royal life, William and Kate are conscious of not thrusting George into the spotlight too soon.
Speaking to GQ magazine back in 2017, William said he’d do whatever it took to ensure George didn’t feel the pressure that comes with living behind palace walls.
“Stability at home is so important to me. I want to bring up my children in a happy, stable, secure world and that is so important to both of us as parents,” he said.
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“I want George to grow up in a real, living environment. I don’t want him growing up behind palace walls, he has to be out there… I will fight for them to have a normal life.”
So much so that there have been reported William doesn’t want his son to go to boarding school like he did at his age.
“It’s my understanding for some time, possibly even before George was even born, was that William was quite keen that any child he had wouldn’t be packed off to boarding school,” royal expert Duncan Larcombe told OK! magazine.
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“He’s never intended to have his kids as full-time boarders and if George does go to a school that offers it, he’ll likely be a day boarder.”