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Privacy NoticePrince George’s life is certainly unique. Not only is he part of a monarchy that has been unbroken for over 1000 years, but his entire future has already been planned out. It’s expected that the young royal is now fully aware of his future responsibilities, but many are curious about when and how he discovered this. Royal biographer Robert Lacey suggests that Prince George would have been told about his future role when he was around seven years old. Prince William and Kate reportedly came up with a smart strategy to break the news to their eldest son – but that’s not the only way his mother has been helping Prince George prepare for his future duties.
Prince George’s future has been laid out since before he was born
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In an updated version of his book Battle of Brothers, Robert Lacey speculated about Prince George’s future. He penned: “William has not revealed to the world how and when he broke the big news to his son.” “Maybe one day George will tell us the story himself. But sometime around the boy’s seventh birthday in the 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.” Robert shared that William and Kate planned to have a “controlled moment of their choice” when they would explain George’s royal destiny to him at the age of seven. This decision was reportedly linked to “William’s unhappiness at the haphazard fashion in which the whole business of his royal destiny had buzzed around his head from the start.”
The Princess of Wales has a clever plan for her son
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This gentle introduction to George’s future isn’t the only method is encouraging. Speaking to OK! back in 2022, royal expert Duncan Larcombe explained that Kate has been behind George’s increasing appearances and why he is always dressed in a suit. Duncan revealed: “William was apparently keen on the idea [of wearing a football shirt], but it was Kate, the former commoner, who said no. She was showing George that being ‘on duty’ requires a different approach… he has to learn to don the royal armour.” “That doesn’t mean hiding his personality or feelings though so George was encouraged to leap up and celebrate England scoring, to roar and wave and hug his mum and dad like any normal lad. And even to shed a tear when it all ended in heartbreak.” “George is only just beginning to understand his destiny, but Kate has got the journey planned.”
Prince George is slowly being introduced to his future role
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However, before the day that he comes to the throne arrives George will be a senior royal whose duty will be to support individuals and charities from all walks of life in the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world. Prince George is sure to receive the traditional royal education much akin to what his dad, Prince William, and the late Queen herself were taught. Like his father before him, George will likely have conversations with his grandfather and slowly be introduced into what his future entails.
Prince William would go and have tea with the Queen at Windsor during his school days at Eton
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Speaking before Queen Elizabeth II’s death, Robert Lacey shared insights into William’s bond with his grandmother: “There has always been a special closeness between William and the Queen, and she has taken a particular interest in him. “When William became a teenager, she would have him at Windsor Castle and would open the state boxes and guide him through the papers. It was William’s constitutional education.” The Queen, distinctively, took a rather different academic route, never sitting an official exam but lauded for her natural “aptitude for learning”. She received instruction on the details of constitutional monarchy weekly from the Vice Provost of Eton College.Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnKate MiddletonPrince GeorgePrince WilliamQueen Elizabeth IIKing Charles IIIWilliam and KateWindsor CastleEton College
