Proud Parents William & Kate Celebrate Prince George's 9th Birthday With New Picture

Jul 22, 2022 by apost team

Prince George, the eldest of the Cambridge kids, is continuing to grow up right before our eyes. George’s parents, Prince William and Kate Middleton, have regularly made headlines for their beautiful romance and their great parenting techniques for the small prince and his siblings, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. 

George has already begun showing several aspects of his personality and interests, proving that he is following well in the royal family line. And even though his age is still in the single digits, George already has some important responsibilities.

George is Queen Elizabeth II’s great-grandchild and is third in the line of royal succession. If things go as planned, George will become king after his grandfather Charles, the Prince of Wales, and after his father, the Duke of Cambridge. He will be England’s 43rd monarch since 1066.

The young prince was born on July 22, 2013, making him 9 years old. He has already accomplished so much in his life despite his young age and is set to embark on even more fun journeys and important lessons in the near future.

According to The Telegraph, George and his family celebrated the royal’s 8th birthday privately in 2021. However, he still celebrated in style and had a delightful party. In 2020, the Cambridge brood similarly commemorated George’s birthday, with Kate taking a photo of the then-7-year-old in a camouflage shirt at Anmer Hall.

In honor of the young prince’s birthday, let’s look at some fun facts about George, a deeper look into his already eventful life, and take a peek at the new picture released on his parents' official Instagram account.

Although he is only 9 years old, George already has a budding personality and strong interests in many hobbies. He is also a very important figure in the royal family. As George is third in line to the throne and will most certainly be king one day, his birth was a significant event for the royal family and was highly anticipated. 

According to Royal UK, George was born in the late afternoon on July 22, 2013, at St. Mary’s Hospital in London. As William and Kate left the hospital the following day, they commemorated the special moment by pausing on the steps of the hospital’s Lindo Wing, allowing people to sneak a peek at the new prince.

In celebration of the prince's birth, commemorative coins were issued by the Royal Mint, Royal Canadian Mint and Royal Australian Mint. The Royal Mint struck lucky by designing the coin after St. George much earlier than George's name was announced, but this was also the first time a royal birth had been marked in this way.

While George’s birth was meaningful to the world, it, of course, was especially significant to his family members, including the Queen. George is lucky enough to have a nickname for the Queen as the two of them are quite close, according to Romper. After all, Elizabeth has many formal names, such as Her Majesty and Head of the Commonwealth. 

George, however, adorably called the Queen Gan-Gan. "George is only 2 ½ and he calls her 'Gan-Gan," Kate said in ITV's "Our Queen at Ninety," according to Yahoo Entertainment. "She always leaves a little gift or something in their room when we go and stay and that just shows her love for her family."

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Back in 2021, the Queen was sure to wish George a happy 8th birthday, even from a distance. According to an anonymous source cited in an Us Magazine exclusive, the Queen “zoomed Prince George to wish him a happy birthday” and “sent him a lovely gift as a surprise.” The source then added that George “loves his great grandmother so much.”

The Cambridge family also uploaded a charming video of George on their YouTube account. According to the video, George celebrated the day with his parents. Earlier in the year, he helped celebrate the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s 10th wedding anniversary. He also previously attended the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium in England and discovered a passion for animals with none other than Sir David Attenborough. The accomplished man gifted the young prince a fossilized shark tooth after meeting.

Like his father, George also has a love for airplanes. William was once a full-time helicopter pilot with the RAF Search and Rescue Force. He had been working with East Anglian Air Ambulance, and the family lived permanently at Anmer Hall on the Sandringham Estate during the first few years of George's life, according to Cosmopolitan. Kate told Lucinda Conder in 2016, "George is now obsessed with the air cadets and wants to join."

Now, George is 9 years old and is proving to be as charismatic and kind-hearted as the rest of the Cambridge household. The official Instagram account for Prince William and Duchess Katherine posted an adorable picture of the young prince beaming at the camera while standing on what seems to be a beach. Prince George looks very much like his father with that smile, we think!

What do you think about the eldest Cambridge child? Let us know, and be sure to send this to any royal family fan you know!