Happy birthday George

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This account has a good selection of the pictures - he’s been in a mix of formal and not formal over the years.

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I think he has a lot of Earl Spencer in him.

Poor lad. I wonder if full realisation about his destiny has dawned yet?

What if he wants to be an engineer or an artist?

Oh that Kate! Always in the wrong!

What's stopping him? George won't be king for many years (I hope). Hopefully not his parents, who want to modernise the monarchy. I hope they encourage all three of their children to pursue careers and have a bit of a life outside royal duties. No doubt the naysayers will moan about this too though.

I'm sure that his parents will allow that. I don't know, but they seem to be the sort of people who would want the best for their children.

He looks lovely. Not sure why the negative comments maybe he should wear some Northface or something 🙄

Mine would rather wear smart then trackies and we live on a council estate 😂

That would be fantastic if it were possible but I thought you couldn't be half-in, half-out?

He looks very smart - reminds me a tiny bit of Diana's brother Charles Spencer.

A lovely picture.

Happy Birthday George.

The royal person I think he resembles is....and I am absolutely NOT implying anything more than a physical resemblance...is ...drumroll...Edward VIII.

Me too. I've been saying the same for years.

There would be nothing wrong with him having a profession. What would be frowned upon would be him making money out of the mere fact that he is royal. He would probably give his pay to charity like William did when he worked for the air ambulance and Harry in the army

Yes - there are all kinds of options, which I'm sure William and Catherine will support in order to take the pressure of their children.

QEII was absolutely determined to devote her whole life to the job, and that's one approach, but the Dutch Queen's view was that monarchy needs to be regularly 'refreshed' and should be the job of someone in the prime of life - hence her abdication in favour of her early-middle-aged son and his wife. I can see the advantages of that approach too, because the incumbent knows their tenure will be limited. I can understand that, unless you have the late Queen's almost religious vocation for the job, the thought of going on till you die is pretty daunting!

I too hope that George will have the freedom and opportunity to follow his own interest before taking on the mantle. I'm sure the younger ones will have a bit more flexibility due to being....spares!

lovely Photo - he’s going to be very handsome.

Half in Half out refers to being a working representative of the Crown and UK government and also pursuing commercial ventures on the side of which are ‘boosted’ by the royal half of your work.

So at the point George needs to become a working representative for the Crown - standing in for the monarch etc when needed then he’ll have to fully commit to that.

Before then he can pursue a profession - the heir is expected to do some military training but there’s no reason it couldn’t shift into another career as well.

If he starts a career he loves and doesn’t want to give it up he can always abdicate.

Say Charles has at least another 10-15 years and William then at least 30-40 years - and George doesn’t need to start working for the Crown full time until he’s 30 - he’s got 19 years to play with after he turns 21.

He could do Sandhurst like his father - or do a masters and PHD. He could do medical school and become a military medic. He could be a teacher etc etc.

Before then he can pursue a profession - the heir is expected to do some military training but there’s no reason it couldn’t shift into another career as well.

I think there are rumours that they have dropped the expectation for military training, although George may well choose to undertake some

I was interested in what other European heirs are up to the Crown Princess of Belgium has a fairly impressive CV at 23 years old.

Princess Elisabeth studies 'History & Politics' at Lincoln College, a college of Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

This Summer, she will start a Master in Public Policy at Harvard University (Harvard Kennedy School) in Boston in the United States.

In 2020, she obtained her International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College in Wales.

In July 2021, she completed her year in Social and Military Sciences at the Royal Military Academy in Belgium.

In addition, the Princess attended the Yale Young Global Scholars Program at Yale University.

She is multilingual and fluent in Dutch, French, German and English.

Interestingly the Spanish Crown Princess was also sent to this school in Wales to do the International Baccalaureate and at 18 is now doing a three-year military course in Spain.

Indeed but I knew there would be some sneering comments . I don’t u derstsnd why some posters feel the need to be snarky about a child.

The comments about him being handsome are equally as weird. He's not a particularly good looking kid so it's weird that people try to make out he is. Why should he be good looking, he's a royal child, not a model, there's no requirement to be good looking. It doesn't matter what he looks like but I do find it really odd that people try to push that he is a handsome lad, when he's not, as if it would be so terrible if he's not. Same for William. Some people nag find him attractive but he's not attractive in a conventional way, it's just so strange that people try to say he's handsome.

Attractiveness is subjective, no? I find Tom Hardy utterly repulsive but folks on this site fair swoon about him.

He's going to go the same way as his dad in the next couple of years and be a bit of a teen pin up.

Kate, William, and their children are all very attractive. Don't let it get to you!

What's with the constant Snow White narrative from some posters? Nobody said he's the fairest of them all. George being attractive (or his mother, father and siblings being considered good looking) isn't at the exclusion of everyone else. Just because Harry decided to attack his brother for his looks, doesn't mean his followers need to stoop as low - especially over a child.

What's Harry got to do with George being attractive? Why the obsession with mentioning Harry on these threads? Surely he's irrelevant to RF discussions these days.

Harry would be most upset if he heard himself being described as irrelevant! He and his wife cling on to their royal connections .

Kate, William, and their children are all very attractive. Don't let it get to you!

Get to me? Kate is conventionally attractive and always looks lovely. William isn't conventionally attractive although some people will find him attractive. The kids just look like any other kids, they're not particularly 'good looking', but it doesn't matter. It's like people seem to think that they have got to push the narrative that they're good looking as it would be some sort of problem or weakness if they're not.

Mmm. I think you have to be a particular sort of person to join the military. It’s not a career you want to pursue if you don’t have an aptitude for it. Obviously, it’s too soon to know if George will be on track for Sandhurst or not.

The point I was making was simply that it must be hard to have your future mapped out for you when you are eleven.

And as for his siblings, judging from a couple of friends I know who have trust funds, you have to have huge self-discipline to pursue a career seriously when you are not relying on that job for an income. Huge wealth can be very demotivating.