Little kings grow up: George of Cambridge, increasingly “leader” during the Platinum Jubilee

The four days of celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth for the obtained George of Cambridge were definitely challenging. From Trooping The Color to the Jubilee Pageant, he got him prince, like his sister Charlotte, an event has not been missed. And celebration after celebration has gained more and more self-confidence (you see gallery under). She explained it to the Mirror body language expert Judi James. We recently saw George to the balcony of Buckingham palace after the great parade that closed the celebrations in honor of Elizabeth’s 70th anniversary. And it is in particular there, according to James, that the little one has shown us the look of the king that one day will be: Louis with his funny faces «stole the show from his older brother, ma George during the four days of the Jubilee has grown impressively before our eyes“.

At the beginning of the celebrations, the eldest son of William And Kate Middleton he seemed rather shy, especially when compared with the “cyclone” Louis and with Charlotte, who always appears very sure of herself in public. At the end of the celebrations, however, in George “we saw a boy already showing the attitude of a leader.” During the Jubilee Pageant, when the Gold State Coach which since 1762 has been used for every coronation ceremony has arrived in front of the royal box, “it was George who stood up first and buttoned his jacket before urging his father to do the same“. And after the parade, “on the balcony of Buckingham palace, he was there, all proud, next to the great-grandmother queen. And when she talked to him he beamed with a smile. ”

The Cambridge eldest son is only 8 years old (he will turn 9 on July 22) but he already knows his destiny. Because mum Kate and dad William have long since begun to explain to him that one day he will be king. So at least the royal biographer Robert Lacey argues in the updated version of the book Battle of Brothers. The question had long remained silent since, as Lacey writes, “William and Kate wanted for their son a childhood as normal as possible“. But when George turned 7, the dukes explained to him, in the simplest words possible, that one day (supposedly far away) it will be his turn to bear the weight of the crown of England. And George, judging by the new photos taken during the Jubilee, is quickly learning the trade of (future) king.

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