New Photo Released To Mark Prince George 8th Birthday

Time goes by so fast and Prince George is celebrating his 8th birthday tomorrow. In honor of his big day, Prince William and Kate just released a sweet new photo.

“Turning eight(!) tomorrow.” the Palace wrote on Twitter and on Instagram.

The image in question shows a smiley Prince George looking at the camera straight-on as he sits on Land Rover Defender. In the photo, he is dressed in a navy-orange striped t-shirt combined with navy shorts.

The birthday boy looks really excited to pose for his mother, who has made a point of taking the birthday portraits for Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis too.

Now, as Prince George is celebrating his 8th birthday, Prince William and Kate are facing one of the hardest decisions they will have to make, whether to send their eldest child to boarding school or let him continue his education at his current day school, Thomas’s Battersea, in London.

The royals are typically sent to boarding school at age 8. According to Daily Mail, the couple have been quietly scoping out new schools, and potentially homes, in Berkshire with an eye to a possible move in the future

Prince George was born at 4.24 pm on that hot summer day in 2013. Kate gave birth at the Lindo Wing, a private maternity ward at St Mary’s Hospital, London.

Two days later the couple announced Prince George’s full name as George Alexander Louis. He is currently third in the royal line of succession and will take on a huge amount of responsibility as the future monarch. And he is already delighting royal fans with his public appearances.

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