The once shy prince looks confident in a portrait released by the palace to mark his 10th birthday on 22 July 2023. (PHOTO: Millie Pilkington/KensingtonPalace/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
On 22 July 2013 a little boy took his first breath in the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital in London.
He was among thousands of children born that day but there was something rather special about this one: he was the future king of England. And from the moment the world first caught a glimpse of him swaddled in a white blanket, the fascination began.
Since then we’ve watched Prince George Alexander Louis grow from an adorable baby to a polite, confident young boy.
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