The touching clip is the latest example of the Wales family’s commitment to a more personal approach to social media
They’ve made their personal, in-touch approach to social media a family hallmark – and to celebrate the 12th birthday of Prince George, the Prince and Princess of Wales have released a touching video of the heir to the throne, alongside his siblings, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. In the 15 second clip, the three children can be seen laughing with one another as they joke around in the gardens of Anmer Hall, the family’s Norfolk home.
The footage, set to a peaceful soundtrack of piano music, shows the siblings posing together, with Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis perched atop a gatepost while Prince George stands alongside them. The two elder siblings then pick up Prince Louis before the trio walk hand in hand through a field, giggling with one another. The video features the same, old-fashioned film effects as the clip the Princess of Wales released last March, to announce the end of her chemotherapy treatment. That video, made by Will Warr, appears to have heavily influenced the style of this latest release.
The Prince and Princess of Wales published a new picture of their eldest son on 22 July, which showed the youngster leaning on a gate in the garden, dressed in a checked shirt and a gilet, grinning broadly at the camera. Taken by Josh Shinner, the caption on Instagram read: ‘Happy 12th birthday to Prince George!’ In the accompanying video, George, Charlotte and Louis wear the same outfits they donned for a set of photographs that were released to celebrate Father’s Day earlier this year – suggesting that this footage and George’s birthday portrait may have been shot on the same day.
Prince George, born in 2013, is expected to one day become King – and the Prince and Princess of Wales have started to give their son a taste of what life in the spotlight entails. George played a starring role in his grandfather’s Coronation as a page of honour, was on his best behaviour at Trooping the Colour and recently joined his parents at Wimbledon.
From rambunctious toddler to sensible big brother (setting a well-behaved example for Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis), the eldest of the Wales brood has been through quite the evolution. And, as his time at Lambrook School has now come to an end, a decision has presumably been made about where the future King will continue his education. The Waleses were reportedly seen on secret visits to the likes of Marlborough College and Highgate School – but, insiders tell the Mail on Sunday, the die is cast, and ‘all roads lead to Eton’.
