King Charles, Princess Kate attend Trooping the Colour ceremony
The royal family, including King Charles and Princess Kate, attended the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London to mark the king’s birthday.
Soon-to-be teenager Prince George looked all grown up on a rare mother-son outing with Princess Kate.
George — the eldest of Kate and Prince William’s three children — and the Princess of Wales recently visited Royal Air Force Coningsby in Lincolnshire, England, to view planes maintained by the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
The two learned “about the extraordinary history of these aircraft” and met pilots and engineers “who keep their legacy alive,” the Prince and Princess of Wales’ social media accounts shared alongside a video of the duo on June 27 to commemorate Armed Forces Day in the U.K.
In the montage of clips, George — who turns 13 on July 22 — and Kate, 44, are seen sitting in the cockpits of different aircraft while on a tour of the military air base. A photo of the two showed that George was nearly the same height as his mother, who wore flats paired with dark trousers and a plaid blazer.
Kate has been the base’s royal honorary air commodore since 2023.
The visit took place while George is on summer break ahead of his enrollment at the prestigious boarding school Eton College, where his father — who is next in line for the throne — also attended as a teen in the 1990s.
The school is just across the river from the ancient Windsor Castle, which serves as a working royal palace, and is a short drive from George’s family home, Forest Lodge. He currently attends Lambrook School, a private school in the Berkshire countryside, alongside siblings Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 8.
The royal family’s most recent group outing was at the annual Trooping the Colour military parade on June 13, celebrating the official birthday of Britain’s monarch, King Charles III. After George weaved through the London crowds in a carriage with his mother, he and his family of five stood on the Buckingham Palace balcony to witness the Royal Air Force fly-past.
Contributing: Jennifer Hassan