Flashing a big smile and his big kid teeth, Prince George shows how much he has grown in two new pictures released to mark the future King’s seventh birthday on Wednesday.
The photographs by the Duchess of Cambridge, taken at the family’s Norfolk home where the family are enjoying the school summer holidays, show just how tall George has gotten. Once camera-shy the future king looks full of beans and confidence as he smiles for the camera. Like his mother, a talented amateur photographer, the prince is equally happy on the other side of the lens and has started learning about photography.
While his siblings Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis celebrated their birthdays this year in lockdown, Prince George is expected to enjoy a birthday tea with family and friends tomorrow. Last summer he celebrated his sixth birthday on the exclusive island of Mustique in the Caribbean, where the Cambridges stayed at a £27,000 a week villa.
Sources say they won’t be going away this summer and have instead opted for a staycation in Norfolk. “It will be nice for George to have his birthday at home,” said a family friend. “They all love being in Norfolk and William and Kate would love to live there full time if they could. George loves being outdoors. A perfect day is going to the beach, sailing his toy boat playing in the sand and having a good game of hide and seek in the dunes. They are out all day every day.”
The Duchess of Cambridge will be busy preparing a birthday tea party complete with a homemade cake. She revealed to TV chef Mary Berry during an interview last year that she always cooks her children’s cakes and George in particular has a sweet tooth. “I love making the cake,” the Duchess said. “It’s become a bit of a tradition that I sort of stay up until midnight with ridiculous amounts of cake mix and icing, I make far too much, but I love it.”
While the Duchess usually restricts sugar and opts for healthy organic meals over sugary snacks, she allows her children plenty of treats on their birthdays. Like William, George is said to be a fan of chocolate biscuit cake.
During the lockdown the kitchen at Anmer has been well used, with Kate revealing it has regularly been covered in flour and chocolate as they experimented with new recipes. The family have also been busy growing their own food including vegetables grown in their own kitchen garden at Anmer Hall and using eggs from hens they have been rearing at home.