George Mountbatten-Windsor

**Prince George of Wales** (George Alexander Louis, born July 22, 2023) is a member of British royal family. He is the oldest child of William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales. He is 2nd in Line to British throne.

He has two younger siblings Princess Charlotte of Wales (b. 2015) and Prince Louis of Wales (b.2018).

## Early Life

Prince George was born on July 22, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, UK. His parents are The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. He was delivered by the Queen's former gynecologist, Sir Marcus Setchell. On July 24, his name was announced as George Alexander Louis.

George was christened by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace on October 23, 2013, with Oliver Baker, Emilia Jardine-Paterson, Earl Grosvenor, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Julia Samuel, William van Cutsem and Zara Tindall serving as godparents.

## Education

From 2015 to 2017, the family lived at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, where George started his education at the West Acre Montessori School Nursery in January 2016.

George started primary school, along with his sister, Princess Charlotte, under the name George Cambridge in September 2017 at the Thomas's School in Battersea. In 2022, the family moved to Adelaide Cottage in Windsor Home Park.

Since September 2022, George and his siblings, Charlotte and Louis, have attended Lambrook, an independent preparatory school in Berkshire.

## Public appearances

George embarked on his first royal tour with his parents in April 2014, during which the Cambridges spent three weeks in New Zealand and Australia. Although he appeared only twice, the BBC described the "nine-month-old future king" as "the star of the show". The then Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott predicted in the Parliament House, Canberra, that George would one day be welcomed there as King of Australia.

In June 2015, he made his first public appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour parade marking Queen Elizabeth II's Official Birthday. On April 22, 2016, George met U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama. He was photographed with a rocking horse that the Obamas had given him when he was born. George and his younger sister, Princess Charlotte, 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 Louis, in an online video to applaud key workers during the coronavirus pandemic. During the lockdown, George held a cake sale to raise money for Tusk Trust, 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 environmental conservation. On December 11, 2020, they made their first red carpet appearance accompanying their parents to the London Palladium for a performance of a pantomime held to thank key workers for their efforts during the pandemic.

On June 20, 2021, George and Charlotte accompanied their father to start a Father's Day half-marathon race for the Run Sandringham event on the Sandringham Estate. On June 19, 2021, George accompanied his parents to a Euro 2020 Championship football match at Wembley Stadium, in which England played against Germany. A few weeks later, on July 11, George and his parents also attended the Euro 2020 Final, where George received media attention for his enthusiasm during the game.

On February 26, 2022, George and his parents attended the Guinness Six Nations Rugby match between Wales and England at Twickenham Stadium, 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 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. George and his siblings ride in the Trooping the Colour carriage procession for the first time in 2022.

On June 2, 2022, during his great-grandmother's Platinum Jubilee 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.

On June 4, 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 Platinum Party at the Palace. 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 September 19 2022, George and his sister, Princess Charlotte accompanied by their parents, attended the state funeral of his paternal great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

## Titles and Succession

* July 22, 2013 - September 8, 2022: *His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge*
* September 8, 2022 - September 9, 2022: *His Royal Highness Prince George of Cornwall and Cambridge*
* September 9, 2022 - present: *His Royal Highness Prince George of Wales*

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

George was third in the line of succession to the British throne at the time of his birth. For the first time since the reign of Queen Victoria, three generations in direct line of succession to the British throne were alive at the same time: George; his father, William; and William's father, Charles.

On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II's passing, his grandfather King Charles III succeeded her. George moved up to second in line for the throne, behind his father.