Prince George's photo album: The royal heir's best moments captured on his 10th birthday

Rebecca Taylor, Laura Hampson and Emma Mackenzie

22 July 2023 at 4:31 am·8-min read

Prince George's best moments (L-R) from toddler, to the Platinum Jubilee and the King's coronation. (Getty Images)

Prince George is the Prince and Princess of Wales' eldest-child and the young royal celebrated his 10th birthday on July 22 this year, and a new photo, snapped by Millie Pilkington, has been released to mark the young royal reaching double digits.

George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was born at 4.24pm on 22 July, 2013, in the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, in Paddington, London, and weighed 8lb 6oz.

George made his public debut on the hospital steps just one day later, wrapped in a white merino wool shawl, cradled in Kate and Williams arms.

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Undated handout photo issued by Kensington Palace of Prince George ahead of his tenth birthday. The photograph was taken in Windsor earlier this month by Millie Pilkington. Issue date: Friday July 21, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story ROYAL George. Photo credit should read: Millie Pilkington/Kensington Palace/PA Wire

NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. — An official photo of Prince George released to mark his tenth birthday. (Millie Pilkington/Kensington Palace/PA Wire)

He was christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chapel Royal of St James’s Palace in October 2013. He wore a handmade replica of the traditional christening robe worn by royals for generations.

As the eldest grandchild of King Charles III, he is second in line to the throne, after his father Prince William. George acted as a page of honour in his grandfather's recent coronation — the youngest royal to play such an important role in the sombre ceremony.

George went on his first royal tour when he was just nine months old, accompanying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia.

George spent his early years in Norfolk with his parents, and attended Westacre Montessori School nursery there.

After Kate and William moved to Windsor with their kids in 2022, George began Lambrook School along with his siblings, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5.

George has been called “funny and feisty and cheeky” by his godmother Julia Samuel, a long-term friend of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

As George officially reaches double digits, we look back at some of the most memorable photographs of the future king so far.