Prince George turned 10 years old on Saturday, and Kensington Palace released a new portrait of the heir’s heir on Friday. This was not taken by Kate – it was yet another photoshoot by Millie Pilkington, who did most of the portraits released by KP this year. This was apparently taken at Windsor Castle, somewhere. George looks tall for his age in this photo. But it’s not some big deal, really – we’ve seen so much of the Wales kids in recent months. Anyway, I don’t have much to say other than “happy birthday, kid.” Trust that Camilla Tominey will devote three pages of chaotic rambling about the photo though. Tominey wrote a very strange piece about George’s birthday, in which she lied about the color of George’s eyes (she claimed he has blue eyes – he does not), made shady references to Charles and Diana’s separation (they all know that the Wales marriage is not what it seems) and made multiple references to Prince Harry and Archie. Some highlights:
George never had blue eyes: “As the blue eyed toddler with the determined gaze and careful smile, it seemed almost impossible that this young man would one day hold the future of the monarchy on his shoulders, however much he resembled his grandfather at the same age.
George’s quiet confidence: “Less formally, William and Kate have introduced George to public life at sporting fixtures and the odd charitable engagement. In the crowds at Wimbledon he seemed a serious little chap, but quietly confident too, and close to his siblings. While the young prince can appear less boisterous than his little brother (already a camera puller at just five) and less assured than his sister, one source told the Daily Mail: “George has turned into a confident little boy and loves meeting new people. [He doesn’t] get nervous in public and [is] already showing signs of becoming [a] great leader.”
Charles & Diana separated when William was 10: For his father, George’s landmark birthday perhaps has added poignancy. Prince William was 10 when his parents separated in 1992. Seeing his son (who enjoys as stable a home life as a little boy in the public glare could hope to have) begin to find his way in the world, he must find himself reflecting on the turbulent times he and his brother endured when their parents’ marriage fell apart. Contrast the touching family scenes that unfolded in the Royal Box at Wimbledon last Sunday with what we now know was going on behind closed doors in Kensington Palace when William was growing up, and the two future kings’ childhoods seem worlds apart….The current Prince and Princess of Wales are determined to do things differently while raising George, his eight-year-old sister Princess Charlotte and his brother Prince Louis, five.
Hands-on parents: Diana was undoubtedly a hands-on mother – but the couple have taken this further by ensuring that one of them is always around at breakfast and bedtime. “Diaries are very carefully managed to ensure that one of them is always there for the children,” confirmed one insider. “They are the ones doing the school run most days.” As one friend recently told the Mirror, this is a no-frills affair: “There are no blow-dries – it’s always hair up in a ponytail. She’s often in her gym clothes, with very little makeup, apologising as she’s late before dashing off.”
Deft Buttons: In public, the Princess deftly helps all three children behave for the cameras, distracting them with things of interest in the crowd or calming them if it overwhelms – as it did once in 2016 at the Royal Air Show, when a three-year-old Prince George had a wobble and needed his mother’s comfort. Keen to avoid the sibling rivalry that has plagued her husband’s relationship with his brother, Kate is careful to treat all her offspring equally – even though one is a future king.
The move to Windsor: Moving from the “goldfish bowl” of Kensington Palace, to Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor Great Park estate has changed things considerably for the family. Originally built for Queen Adelaide in 1831, the four-bedroom home does not have any staff accommodation, so the Waleses are largely going it alone domestically. While they have retained the services of Maria Borrallo, the Spanish Norland-trained nanny who has been with them since George’s birth, their wider domestic entourage has been significantly scaled back. “It’s partly by design,” said one source. “They want the children to grow up in a family home rather than a palace.”
Another decade of keen promises: One insider said: “They are very happy right now at Windsor and for the next decade or so everything will be pretty much dictated by what is right for the children.”
Parenting in the age of social media: Another concern is protecting the children’s privacy as they grow in independence. The young William and Harry had the press and paparazzi to worry about – now it’s anyone with an iPhone. “They are in the unique situation of being famous from birth,” said one former aide. “No other royals have grown up in this environment and it’s going to be tricky to navigate. This is the one thing the royal brothers will want to converse on. Because the decisions facing William and Kate with George will soon be upon Harry and Meghan with Archie.”
George doesn’t have to be a working royal until he’s 35?? Yet the truth is none of these decisions have yet been made. It is not even certain whether George will be required to become a full-time working royal by the age of 35 or pursue his own career.
“There are no blow-dries – it’s always hair up in a ponytail. She’s often in her gym clothes, with very little makeup, apologising as she’s late before dashing off.” So… Kate is doing drop-offs and then she dashes off to the gym, and then what? How does she spend the rest of her day? Also, Kate and William don’t treat their kids equally. We have seen that time and time again – George gets singled out, just as William was singled out for more beneficial treatment. And WTF is this quote? “This is the one thing the royal brothers will want to converse on. Because the decisions facing William and Kate with George will soon be upon Harry and Meghan with Archie.” Like… the Sussexes live in America where they live as private citizens in a home they own, with private security they pay for. Harry’s not going to be checking in with William about “the paparazzi,” especially since the Windsors seemed especially gleeful about that paparazzi swarm (or whatever it actually was) in New York.
Photos courtesy of Millie Pilkington/Kensington Palace, Avalon Red and Cover Images.
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- The Prince of Wales and Prince George watch from the box during day four of the second Ashes test match at Lord’s. Featuring: Richard Thompson, Prince William, Prince George Where: London, United Kingdom When: 01 Jul 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Prince William, Catherine Princess of Wales, Princess Charlotte, Prince George attend day fourteen of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Featuring: Princess Charlotte, Prince George Where: London, United Kingdom When: 16 Jul 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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“Diaries are very carefully managed to ensure that one of them is always there for the children.” Yes, one and only one.
You can tell the Rota desperately want to say more about their marriage but can’t so they hint and hope people pick up on it.
Right?! And then this: “…with what we now know was going on behind closed doors in Kensington Palace when William was growing up, and the two future kings’ childhoods seem worlds apart….”
The two future kings’ childhoods *SEEM* worlds apart?! Really? Happy birthday George from Camilla Tominey. Ouch.
That was my takeaway also.
LOL… they hint and hint at this. It’s hilarious
Side note: that photo of Charlotte smiling after Alvarez won is very cute. Pure unadulterated joy
This. Also, there have literally been little to no nighttime engagements for either of the Wails, so can’t they both be present for bedtime, or—gasp—dinner together every night? Their “schedule” allows for morning school runs, pickups, dinner, bath and bedtime together, not to mention an adult nightcap that can literally last all night. So strange that they have to “trade-off”…!
And the one time I find Kate relatable! I too, am always in gym clothes and minimal makeup when I drop my son off—late—to his school. I do squeeze in a workout while my daughter goes to the gym’s childcare (she’s 2.5 and will start school soon herself), but after that one hour of me-time, it’s full-time toddler business as usual. Will someone please spare me a tax dollar?
All the spin and then she coughs up the fact that W&K don’t live together. They just make sure one of them is there for the kids “at breakfast and bedtime”.
Yeah the question of why both couldn’t be there for breakfast and dinner came to my mind when I read that.
Yes it’s even more obvious since we have seen more of Kate doing engagements than Will, so why is Kate the one doing most school runs when she is the one doing more engagements so far? Where exactly is will during these school runs that all of these articles are making very clear that Kate does the most? I’m thinking KP after his nightly helicopter rides?
Happy birthday George. I like her line about” one (count them one) being there for breakfast and dinner”. Is she telling us that Peg and Can’t don’t live together? She may have done it as a tell or she is really stupid and it slipped. Another crap article from her.
It has to be intentional. Neither of them have a job that takes them out of town every day. They don’t even do an engagement every day.
Two things: Both William and Kate were favorite children, and they are not self aware enough to know how not to choose and play favorites. Their kids already know who the favorite is and their behavior is typical of kids whose parents treat them very differently and prefer one to the others.
Secondly, everyone living on a crown or Duchy property needs to just stop paying Charles rent. What’s he gonna do? He can try to evict everyone but I think a movement such as that would show how arcane this feudal system is and no one will enforce those evictions. Strip the monarchy of it moneymaker and start being a real democracy.
William waa treated special as heir. Diana did not play favorites and made sure that they were equally loved
After she passed on Charles was more protective of will
@ ThatsNotOkay no, W&W are not self aware enough not to treat George as the golden child as that was their lives as well! The fact that they have gone out of their way to treat him differently has been present for everyone to see since he was a small boy.
And what’s this supposed FT working royal bit about 35? Have they already handicapped George to become an incompetent leader as he is given permission to live a leisurely life until he is 35??? We have seen how well that has played out with TOB who at 40/41 is STILL not a FT working royal as the Prince of Wails!!! Do they want to ensure that George doesn’t surpass his father, which wouldn’t be hard to do, as he has no reason to be given such a long grace period.
CT might be doing some math – assuming Charles will live to be 99/100 like his father. Then William would be King at age 65 and George PoW at age 35.
It’s really sad–I think most parents want their kids to have their careers well-established before 35. What a weird way of life these royals have! Just putz around until your parent dies & then get crackin’!
Maybe he had dark blue eyes for a few months as a newborn, but definitely not by the time he was a toddler.
Whew. All the Saltines seem very pressed that it was one of the Sussex kids who ended up with blue eyes like Diana.
I don’t think George ever had anything but dark brown eyes from the outset. It’s weird they try to pretend otherwise. Charlotte had blue eyes when she was young but they seem hazel now.
The whole concept of praising blue eyes above all other eyecolors is less about Diana and more plain old racisim. Even within white people the want to prove their children as the purest white with blue eyes and blond hair.
@LARA (THE OTHER)
^^^This!!!
Green and hazel eyes are a brown eyed mutation, where as blue eyes are said to be inherited from a single mythical genetic ancestor.
The funny thing is that the oldest known British DNA had blue eyes, but very dark skin according to the latest research results.
DNA testing is showing many people they really aren’t who they have always believed they were.
They expected the Sussex children to come out with brown hair and brown eyes and the Cambridge children to be blonde or redheads with blue eyes, genetics is a real B. Thank God it happened in reverse, the Sussex children look more Spencer and English than the “perfect family” and I love that for the Rota.
@Lara: I suspect you’re right about their obsession with “the bluest eyes.” With the way the Rota malign Diana when it suits them, this blue-eyed thing seems to be more an Aryan wish than family resemblance.
If this is an article about the ‘future king’s birthday’ and willy and katy’s parenting, could someone help me understand why they are inserting Meghan and Harry into it. This is so bizarre.
Because no one wants to read about Waity and Peggy, they are duller than dishwater. The Sussexes are the star attraction so even if it’s framed as “comparing them and finding the Sussexes less than”, it’s BS because the truth is their articles don’t get nearly as many clicks without the Sussex glow.
The one thing that stands out is the awkward pose from George. This pose is not a natural pose for 10 year old – maybe an 18 year old. Shows how he is more than likely being posed and pushed into what they want him and his siblings to portray. The narrative is very controlled.
Yeah, it’s a serious pose, proper for a future king… and his character description is also very guarded…and bland.. they try to control the narrative and not to repeat mistakes of the past…the PR is obvious..
Yes they are trying to make him look older than 10. Being on the tall side adds to it as well, but they are going to play up the more mature than his years angle, as they did with William. Because they can’t have a future hair not be responsible and serious as a child. Elizabeth was portrayed the same way too.
Elizabeth got a bit of a break be ause she wasn’t raised to be queen. There was a chance but she was in Eugenia shoes for a good chunk of her childhood.
Will was posed like that quite a few times, if I recall.
The pose that George was forced to make is to fulfill his “great leader” qualities are on display. This is pure propaganda on W& K’s part so C U Next Tuesday Tominey is feeding into that narrative and supporting it!
Imagine being labeled as a “great leader” at 10 must be a heavy emotional load for George already, yet alone being taken to events as he is singled out from his siblings as well!! That’s some heavy emotional load
Poor George….
It’s such a politician pose, especially with the sleeves rolled up – like “I’m ready to work on your behalf. Vote George 2024!”
They’ve also got him dressed like his father.
Kids are posed for photos. What’s the big deal?
That making sure one parent is present for breakfast or dinner couldn’t confirm a co-parenting situation any more obviously. Neither of them have jobs that require them to be away from home in any significant way.
Why lie about his eye colour? Is it because lilly has blue eyes and kkkate is jealous?
Trust me, Keen is incandescent about the fact Lili is a red-headed, blue-eyed Princess. The animosity that woman has towards A&L is frightening.
I think she might be so eager to see George as a stereotypical blue eyed blond WASP that she’s never looked — and perhaps has never wanted to look — at who George really is, or might grow to become. I hope George doesn’t read or even know about this bosh.
And that’s partly how I read the gratuitous comment about Archie: Many kids George’s age are more internet savvy than their parents, and well-able to read on a level that, given a bit of curiosity, allows them to access material well beyond what their parents might willingly expose them to. Navigating “this environment “ includes random people and even peers with iPhones, but it also includes the possibility that at some point at least one of the Wales kids and one of the Sussex kids will be curious enough to take matters into their own hands and contact each other, and even develop their own online relationships with each other. I bet this will, indeed, be “tricky to navigate” — particularly for the Wales family.
Kids will be exposed to what their classmate with the least restrictive parents permits them to do. Even if George is restricted from using a smart phone, it only takes one classmate with a parent who doesn’t monitor and they are going to see what is on social media. At age 10 he certainly has a good understanding of how this works and he will learn more as he gets older.
@NIC-You are exactly right. My kids don’t have their own devices and never have and we monitor what they can access at home but by 3rd grade my oldest son’s class was full of kids that had their own iPhones and there was a real problem with them and what they were sharing with each other. So much so that there were emails sent out about them. I don’t understand why they can’t take the phones away during school though because it is such a big distraction. Idk, I also live in an area that is very “parents rights” centered right now so I can see these parents throwing a fit about it too. There is one kid in my son’s class in our neighborhood and he has a phone and I know whenever my son goes over to play with him that he’s on his phone because I’m pretty internet savvy and I ask him about v tubers and memes and he knows a lot of them.
Yes, I think this is a subconscious assumption. Elizabeth and Phillip both had blue eyes, Charles and Diana has/had blue eyes, William has blue eyes, the royal family has a history of blue eyes, in general – so “naturally” the very royal FFK will also have blue eyes. Except, CT forgot about Kate’s famous “middle class roots” which is bringing so much “stability” to the monarchy.
@Erin
My school district used to have security confiscate phones. A couple of expensive phones went missing in security’s custody and the parents wanted the school to replace them. That is why security can no longer confiscate them.
So what color are George’s eyes then? I can’t tell from the pic and don’t usually pay that close of attention. Happy bday to him either way.
Brown eyes, he’s always had brown eyes, even when he was a baby. Lili is the only one of Diana’s grandchildren with blue eyes
Really? Lordy, that’s funny. Camilla Tominey saying blue when they’re actually brown is such a choice. Get that they want that Diana connection but it also feels like they’re trying to promote some blonde blue eyed aryan model. Maybe I’m stretching idk. Brown eyes are great. Why can’t she just say he has brown eyes? What weirdos.
Not only is Tominey a shameless liar, she’s also a white supremist. And I don’t know why anyone would need to mention Archie when this is all about George. God, that woman is nothing but a paid, lying hack.
George has the least looking “blue eyes” I’ve seen.
https://people.com/prince-george-10-birthday-best-photos-every-year-royal-life-7559475
As Harry said about Tominey in SPARE, “She’d always, always got stuff wrong”.
I loved when Harry called her out for being wrong all of the time. She prides herself for being some insider. She has been proven wrong more times than being right.
Early baby photos show he has dark brown eyes. He never had the blue eyes thing like Charlotte did as a baby. So it’s very weird for Camilla to lie about this. It’s part of why people said he resembles Mike Middleton, because of the brown eyes.
This is just an odd piece. It was billed as the insiders view but Camilla doesn’t seem to have spoken to anyone with intimate knowledge. She’s quoted “comments” other newspapers and then got one of her royal reporter friends to talk about Harry, Meghan and Archie. There’s not expectation on Archie to become a working royal and support George as King so that last comment made absolutely no sense. She just can’t write a piece without mentioning the Sussexes. One good thing though is she as her colleagues are no longer denying that Harry was the spare and was treated differently than William his entire life.
She’s spoken to insiders and was told what to say. The one parent there for breakfast or dinner is definitely fed by an insider. Same with the kate being late for thighs but in her gym clothes and pony tail.
The one parent is always there comes from the People Magazine piece. The gym clothes and ponytail sounds made up. Kate doesn’t know how to dress casually. Remember Harry said she came for dinner at their house all dressed up.
I suspect the gym clothes comment comes from the fact that she likely spends the bulk of her day working out. It’s not like she’s busy with work or housework.
I think her main sources were Middletons of some sort. It seems like they have a less close connection to the RF nowadays. Possibly she also relied on courtiers who no longer work there.
It’s nice to see him smile. It’s horrendous they feed him to the tabloids.
How on earth can any SANE person write such verbal garbage? Yeah sure 4 bedrooms, and what about the other part of adelaide cottage where their staff lives? The aerial pictures prove that a lie (although this woman lives with her lies every day) George IS treated differently than his sister and brother, didn’t this old harridan write an article a couple of weeks ago saying how George knows he is the heir, he knows his life is and will be different, he is already showing an interest in his destiny!!!! William and Kate do NOT either take their children to school or collect them, even the other children’s parents have confirmed that fact. And no blow dry? No camel toe, she shoves in a pony tail and takes the rest of her hair with her in her bag!! But you have slipped up here haven’t you dear. There is no mention in your speil about William in the morning, because you know, just like the rest of us do, that he DOES NOT live with them. Williams morning most probably consist of roll out of bed and roll into the helicopter! Tell us cammy dear, when will you start singing “Hail to the chief” instead of happy birthday. By the way, William should be calling Harry for tips on how to be a decent father, and far from needing advice on ANYTHING from William, Harry and Megan have left bullyam and Kate in their wakes years ago
“takes the rest of her hair with her” – dead
“takes the rest of her hair with her in her bag”
😂😂😂
@Mary Pester! Once again, you’ve brought a big smile – and even bigger laugh – to my day! And always while being so very right about W&K and their nonsense. 😂😂😂
Google maps literally shows a large residence for staff feet away from the main house. Pretending it isn’t staffed like the other locations is just gaslighting. Kate keen isn’t cleaning the toilets at Adelaide.
Interesting that this year all the photos are coming from Millie Pilkington. Has Kate been banned from making money off the royal children’s photos? I could see Burger King cutting off commoner Kate’s income from her copyrighted photos of the blood royal prince and princesses.
So Kate signs off her phone calls or FaceTime with CamelToe with apologies because she’s late to pick up the spawn. Sounds about right.
You know you bring up a good point about copyright. If she and William are separated then I could see William saying she can’t take photos of the children anymore. Maybe sending her photo of Charlotte for her birthday was act of rebellion like the fake tiara was for the coronation.
I vaguely remember Millie has a Middleton connection, perhaps that’s a way of the Middleton’s paying off their party pieces debt?
I think she did some work for Party Pieces as well as around the time of the wedding. It is likely she has not been paid and these photos are to help make up for that.
I think photos of the heir have been removed from her copyright situation. George’s pictures will end up being used far more than the other two and William seems to have cut that off.
The deal with the copyright with Kate has been accreditation. There’s no payment. So the photos can be freely used as long as Kate’s given credit. I think it’s the same for any photos officially released by the palace regardless of the photographer.
The deal has been Keen and Midds make money off any reproductions.
“George turned 10; write something.”
She’s often in her gym clothes, with very little makeup, apologising as she’s late before dashing off.” did I understand this quote correctly? Poor Kate is the one who does the morning school run, as relatable as any of us, simply wearing gym clothes and hurrying to get the children to school on time, as if she’s the one who prepares them and their breakfast 🙄 … and she apologizes for being late? Does that happen so often?
I think we are being given hints as to why they were late for the coronation and messed up the procession order.
Agree. I’m not going to praise W&K for acting like parents and wearing normal clothes.
Lol But people literally worshiped Diana because she was “normal” and took her kids to McDonald’s and Disney. The bar is low.
“This is the one thing the royal brothers will want to converse on.”
Now that there are no upcoming “will he/won’t he come” events to speculate about Harry’s attendance, is this just the latest attempt to force him to reconcile with his brother?
And I feel like maybe letting George “find his own way” or whatever until he’s 35 is a mistake. That’s what they allowed his father to do, and we see how that worked out. Allowing George to choose his own career is a nice sentiment, but if he’s going to be King eventually, he needs to be prepared for that. He’ll likely become Prince of Wales at an earlier age than William did, and even if he’s in that position well into adulthood, Charles, for all his faults, showed that that can be something of a career in itself.
Yeah, I think “the royal brothers” have already had that conversation about Will selling Harry to the tabloids.
My internal radar tells me the likelihood of Georgi becoming king is not only slim. It amounts to zero.
William will have worn out everyone’s patience with his lavish spending, his Rose bouquets and tyrannical ways. England was bold enough to brexit. They could be tempted to vote out the monarchy without warning. And the scorned aristos might even applaud.
The people is volatile and history is brutal. I don’t “see” King George happening at all.
Keen does not treat them equally. George got a present from Attenborough right in front of his siblings who got nothing. Charlotte at age 8 is supporting her brother.
George participated in the coronation. Charlotte was old enough and mature enough to have a small role but she was left out of it.
Tbf, I see that whole family rigidly upholding their pecking order and I don’t think it’s fair to only mention Kate. However, she doesn’t seem to treat all of her children as equals: https://www.celebitchy.com/825827/princess_kate_will_got_express_permission_to_focus_on_family_above_royal_duties/
Kate was supposed to be the normal mother with the common touch so placing her eldest above the others is not normal. I don’t think people expect William to treat his kids equally because he was raised in the warped royal way. But what is Katie’s excuse?
(Letting Attenborough give George a gift and ignoring the other two was the first most obvious sign that kate was going to fail at being a normal parent as much as William would )
Royal propaganda gives who you going to believe- the royal expert or your lying eyes. We’ve all seen Kate’s “deft” handling of the kids when misbehaving. Whilst not a big deal & relatable to most people clearly Louis meltdown at the jubilee etc is contrary to this perfect mother image of Kate they want to project- some of this language reads like Nazi ideal family imagery. I also think that’s why Camilla deliberately lied about George having blue eyes.
It’s also kind of sad to see them
already projecting all this ideal leader stuff on 10 year old George already. The public already being groomed to think of him as their natural ruler. It’s a sick system.
I do think that the rota & other royal experts have started to deliberately & frequently compare the marriages of Diana & Charles & William & Kate as their little inside joke of what’s really going on. Similar to how they used to mention Camilla as a friend years before Charles affair was general public knowledge
Literally lying about eye colour is especially nefarious. George has never had a hint of blue eyes from day one. Trying to say he’s the aryan blonde haired blue eyes future king is just weird.
I really don’t understand why she’s lying about the eye colour. All anyone has to do is look at a picture of him. It’s such an easily proven lie, too. I get they want the aryan connection, but why are they being so blatant about it? Are they conditioning the masses to stay racist?
The blue-eyed crap absolutely comes across as white supremacist dog whistling.
Someone mentioned that the minute George gets access to what’s being written about him (if he hasn’t already), he’s going to figure out that his brown eyes are not seen as good as blue eyes would have been. They really need to stop emphasizing that George supposedly had blue eyes (which he has never been photographed with in print). The next step is that crap that Harry went through where some RR a-hole starts questioning his paternity. The poor kid!
This is the most idiotic article from Tominey to date. One, the youngest age to become sovereign is 18. It’s also the age where George can become counsellor of state because he is the future king. Pushing it off until he is 35 shows he is not being prepared; and it shows William hasn’t been either. Oddly, 35 is the minimum age an American can run for president. Is Tominey letting it slip the Waleses are afraid one of the Sussex kids could run for high office on the US, particularly president? A British American blood royal ELECTED to be the US head of state and government would captivate the world and definitely overshadow the BRF. Although the Chief Executive (aka president) would be in office the most eight years, he/she would command more power than the British monarch. My two cents.
Since George isn’t the immediate heir, believe he still needs to be 21 to be a COS. And someone can be a monarch under age 18, but a regency would be established to carry out duties before that age. I just hope all the children develop (and are allowed to maintain) significant interests and passions so they have useful, productive, and, at least, happier lives than their parents. Given those parents, the other people around them, and the overall institutional environment, it’ll likely be an uphill battle, especially for George.
Doubtful. Harry and Meghan have never expressed any political interests in the USA and I highly doubt that their kids will want that spotlight either (given what they will learn about the horror of being press fodder).
My heart breaks for the Sussex children. The campaign of hate that the royal family “sources” are heaping onto Harry and Meghan will impact the mental heath and well-being of Prince Archie and Princess Lillibeth. I abhor the British press for what they are doing to the Sussex children. That’s also why I stopped seeing Will and Kate as good people. Good people have hearts, especially when it comes to kids. Will and Kate are heartless for what they allowing their press to do to the Sussexes and by extention, their children. I can imagine that Harry will never reconcile with his brother for that reason alone. A war on Harry and Meghan is a war on Archie and Lili.
Princess Lilibet without H.
Article II, Section 1, Clause 5:
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
So nope… George is out of the running, literally.
Now, ARCHIE & LILI on the other hand….. 😊
Lili only, as Archie was born in England, although I understand that lately there’s been a lot of hairsplitting analysis of what exactly ‘natural born citizen’ means.
Natural born means born to an American parent and American as of right from birth. Cruz, McCain and George Romney all ran and they were eligible of the American parent. Only birthers trying to attack Obama made it a larger issue than it should have been.
McCain was born in the Canal Zone, American territory at the time. And yes, I remember when Cruz & Romney ran, and the political discussions at the time about whether they were actually eligible. Obama always was because he was born in Hawaii. Pretty sure there are some in Congress who want to nail down the definition of ‘natural born citizen’, because it is not as clearcut as you’d like it to be.
I never believed the natural born citizen debates. If you are born to a parent that is a US citizen, it doesn’t matter where you are born. You could be born on the moon. You are a US citizen by birth.
I’ve always been amazed by how the rota lie but there is an accompanying photo! How do you claim blue eyes when there is a photo that shows brown! These people are obviously mad none of the Wales kids have blue eyes.
They lie about his home, his upbringing, his parent’s involvement & even his features. From top to bottom the article is all lies that will trap this kid into a public persona that does not allow for mistakes , growth, or brown eyes!
William was preyed on by these people all his life. Instead of protecting his kids we are watching him use them as media currency to distract from his scandals. If this is sad and sickening for me I can only imagine how Diana must weep in heaven to see the the weak selfish man he has become.
If both parents treat all three equally then why do the heirs always sit together in public? Why can’t Charlotte sit next to dad occasionally? Sadly I get the impression that the kids are thrilled to be close to him in public because since the separation they don’t see as much of him at home. I wonder if they would see more of him if RL did become another home, separate wings and all?
Lady Digby, you should take another look at the photos with WanK and George and Charlotte at the last sporting event. It looked to me that the kids do have a good relationship with their Dad. It’s their relationship with their Mom that I can’t quite figure out.
If you Google the eye colour chart, there is 0% chance of two blue/green eye parents having a brown eye baby. Now i know whenever I say that out loud people always come at me and say it is possible. So even if it is, it is still extremely rare and unusual for him to have brown eyes.
Now if people are googling the eye colour chart like me and putting 2+2 together and getting 5, then that would lead to speculation about George’s paternity, hence why Tominey is lying out of her ass.
I mean people literally still question Harry’s paternity because he’s ginger even though half the Spencer family have ginger hair.
Kate’s eye colour is more hazel green than full green and so that’s where the brown comes in. Plus her father has brown eyes. The media says her eyes are green but they aren’t bright green and it would not be a shock if she wore contacts to enhance the colour at this point.
It actually is super fascinating how none of wales kids have blue or light eyes considering Will’s are pretty light blue and Kate’s are a light greeny-hazel. George’s straight brown eyes are surprising and that must have been a straight Mike Middleton gene. I think Charlotte has Kate’s eye colour, maybe a bit darker, and Louis seems to have hazel/amber eyes? Will’s blue eyed genes must have been recessive recessive to Kate’s.
Re Wales kids eye color. I know that there are a lot of genes for eye color, but it seems odd that none of them have blue eyes. I thought both Kate and Will were blue eyed. I am pretty indiscriminate with “blue eyes”though. I lump all blue green and grey eyes in that category.
I’m kind of surprised but having a few kids of my own I’m kind of not and seeing how genes play out is fascinating to me. You have some families where all of the children look similar and related and then you have mine where they each look different and could be from different families. I have light brown eyes and my husband has dark green hazel eyes and we have one child with blue eyes. My MIL has blue eyes and and my father has really light blue/green eyes but the other two grandparents have dark eyes. Two of my kids have eyes darker brown than my own though from my mother. My kids are the only grandkids with dark eyes too but all of my husband’s siblings married people with blue eyes as well. Then there are the two red headed grandchildren that are in separate families and none of the parents have red hair. It really is so interesting how it all plays out.
None of George’s parents or grandparents have brown eyes at all and according to the eye colour chart someone needs to have brown eyes to make a brown eye baby. People insist it is possible so I don’t really know. Regardless George’s brown eyes are extremely rare and unique.
I just think it’s petty and shady for Tominey to lie. That family hates brown pigmentation so much.
Eye color is complicated—I also learned about blue eyes being recessive and brown dominant in high school, but this is not entirely true. Two blue-eyed friends of mine have a brown-eyed daughter and the maternal (her own mother) grandmother effing disowned her daughter because she thought she cheated. The two of them took a genetics test and are 100% the parents. The mother is back in touch, but the relationship has never 100% recovered. With green eyes, you do have a chance of a hazel- or brown-eyed child (with a blue-eyed partner).
Michael Middleton has brown eyes. And brown is dominant so it’s not surprising especially since Kate doesn’t have true green eyes but more hazel, which is linked to brown
There is nothing to question. Harry looks like Charles and philip and has the Spencer red hair. Diana and Hewitt began their affair when harry was 2.
@February I really wish that whole thing about eye color charts would die out, but I understand why it doesn’t. Basic biology education simplifies that way, way too much. Both my parents have blue eyes, and I am a dark eyed child. I spent my whole life with people whispering that I couldn’t be my Dad’s, and spent years confused and conflicted about my own history. When a extended family member, who is a genealogist, offered DNA tests for my parents, I jumped on it and bought my own. 100% confirmed I am their kid.
After that, I dove headlong into research. There are, apparently, two genes that determine eye color. Simplified, one is for the color itself and one is whether or not that color expresses itself. If that second gene is ‘turned off’ then you have a blue eyes, despite any color gene stating otherwise. So in my family, either my mom or my dad has brown eyes, but that parent DOESN’T have the variation of the gene that means the color is expressed, therefore they have blue eyes.
For G, it’s less complicated because hazel, which K has, is a variation on the brown eye coloration spectrum. That means G has the brown color gene from K. Just because K’s eyes are light hazel, doesn’t mean they are blue or green. (And, to be honest, I think she uses colored contacts to “enhance” her eye color as well).
Michael Middleton has dark brown eyes as well so he passed that gene to his kids.
Also I agree that Kate’s eyes look more green now than in earlier photos. She’s enhanced everything else so wearing contacts wouldn’t be a shock.
I googled what determines eye color and a number of studies came up that suggest the early 1900’s eye color charts should be put tossed out. Myths about eye color is another option to google. ASU did a study on it and it will direct you to a Wikipedia page that they say is extensive. University of Delaware has done research into it. Opthamologists(sp) explanations came up too. From medlineplus.gov
https://tinyurl.com/4hjnhhvk
Basically, brown eye color is dominant over blue. Hazel eye color is dominant over blue. I personally don’t think Kate’s hazel is light at all (in some photos yes-that’s dependent on lighting & photoshopping). Petronella Wyatt must agree with me (lol) since in her odd 40th birthday tribute to Kate, she talks about Kate’s brown eyes. She absolutely doesn’t have green eyes.
I’m from a hazel eyed parent & blue (blue) eyed parent. Most of us are hazel, 1 is blue, 1 leans toward blue (I lean towards green-very green when sad). Two with brown eyes. One being very brown, the other leans towards hazel.
Current research says there isFurther genetics matter. more in play. Our eye color is considered our own DNA marker! No two eyes are the same.
I’m going to question George’s parentage as much as I question the Meghan surrogacy/moon bump stories and Harry’s parentage. Not at all.
I’ll add. That a brown eyed parent and a blue eyed parent have a 50/50 chance of their offspring having their color of eyes. I love, love, love that the Sussexes have both.
They’re just proving life as it is.
It must really grind some gears that Diana’s only grandchild with her blue eyes is from a WOC & Good King Harry!
It’s more and more obvious that Cameltoe is reading CB articles and comments to decide what lies she will concentrate on spreading to contradict what is already seen and known about the wales family. Every photo she f George in his ten years of life has always shown him as having brown eyes. The recent talk about Lili being the only grandchild of Diana’s with blue eyes was too much for her and likely the wales parents. The discussions here about how the wales parents single out their oldest for most events (usually sporting events) and how Kate annoyingly can’t keep her face out of theirs and allow them to breathe and enjoy themselves, are all things most of us here at CB have noticed and talked about. The way each child has a certain role during these photo op royal engagements has always focused on how uneasy George appears, while Charlotte has the more in control demeanor of all of them. The conversations we have about their continued use of Maria and how we don’t believe that all of them live at AC with no help from other staff. Although this article now makes me question why there has never been any uproar about them firing chefs, additional nannies and housekeepers in order to move to an additional home without giving any of their other homes back? It also makes me wonder why the only photos of Kate doing a school run have never been without makeup, a high ponytail and while wearing gym clothes? Or why if the excuse for her not doing more royal engagements is because of the school run what is she doing five days a week during the time all of the kids are in school? Lots of parents take their children to school and still manage to work and be productive during school hours. I’m sure Cameltoe will address these concerns in her next article.
Nerd, you forgot that the Mids are helping to raise the kids. WanK aren’t needed because the Mids are around the kids so much. The current articles tell us this. It seems that there are a lot of people taking care of the kids when they’re not in school. So, tell me again why WanK can’t work? It’s not about the kids.
I thought I read that they have full staffs at all of their houses. How do we find out if that’s true?
Happy 10th Birthday 🎂 Prince George
He’s looking good in this new photo.
I wish him well, no snark from me on a 10 y/o.
No commenter here ‘snarked on a 10 yr old.’
Folks are mainly commenting on the obvious lies told by the lying liar CamelToe.
The British press continues to fail Will and Kate. So it’s OK for Will and Kate-centric stories to mention Diana, his parents divorce and “privacy” ad nauseum, but when Harry does it then it’s a huge problem? They accuse him of not being able to let go of the past when Harry does but for William it is fine? The UK seems like a very unserious place.
Also why do they always mention Harry and Meghan’s name. Why world any future challenges that George faces at the hands of the press and their social media handlers be an issue for Archie. One is a future King, while the other is more or less a private citizen. Unless the press is admitting now that they plan to cast poor Prince Archie in the role of “spare” just so they can continue their harassment of the Sussex family. Hmm.
I hope he had a great birthday! I can’t believe he is ten already. You can tell he will be very tall when he’s older.
why are we so obsessed with the patterns of rich ppl? yes they have crap ton of help. servants, houses, security. are any of them really dropping of their kids and going to work a 12 hour job, to go home and make dinner and then pass out and wake up and do this all again? i doubt it. no one in the royal fam does this and certainly no rich ppl do this…what fanfic
In this case, these people are living the lives of Riley off the taxpayers. Palaces, security, 50+ staff, four nannies, massive school fees. All of it comes at the expense of taxpayer who have the right to question every penny spent and every PR lie that comes from these poodles.
my understanding is it’s very symbiotic. meaning, while the tax payers fund certain aspects of their lifestyle, the monarchy also funds a lot of the economy of the the UK….that said, take away the tax payer funding and these are still ridiculously rich ppl with multi-generational wealth and will never be a normal person that does their own chores and raises their own kids. i just don’t see the shock that Kate isn’t single handedly cooking, cleaning, dropping off her kids and doing her “job”.
No the monarchy does not fund the UK economy, that’s all pro-monarchy propaganda.
The official tourism agencies for the UK have proven, time and again, that the royals are a net loss when it comes to tourism revenue. And the other idea that Lancaster and Cornwall duchies belong to the Windsors is also a false narrative. The Windsors cost the economy upwards of 600 million a year with many costs hidden in other budgets. That’s before you add in the additional massive costs for the BP restoration because QEII misdirected funds for years. And now they wants hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds for Clarence House restoration.
They are also, IMO illegally, exempt from paying death taxes on the enormous personal wealth. Wealth that tracks back to having been made by siphoning off their taxpayer-funding for personal investments. Sandringham and Balmoral being prime examples.
Blue eyes? We have either experienced a glitch in the matrix or Camilla Tominey is a liar.
#CamillaToenailisaLiar is a pathological liar. Must be the alcoholism.
CT is a lying liar who lies constantly.
The eye color thing is so weird. Did she just assume he has blue eyes because William does, and not do her research or, you know, look at a picture? Do they not have fact checkers in British journalism?
I always wondered just how rare it is for two light-eyed people to have brown-eyed children. My father and his sister both had dark brown eyes and black hair. His parents had hazel and blue eyes. I sometimes wonder if my grandmother had an affair or two, lol. But she didn’t seem like the type to do that, at all.
And yes, Will and Kate are definitely living apart.
AnneL, I just responded to February Pisces above. Briefly, it’s unusual, but absolutely possible. Apparently there are several genes that influence eye color.
In George’s case, it’s cruddy if people start making assumptions about his parents based on his eye color.
It’s a beautiful portrait of George and I like the way he is dressed although he’s starting early on the suede shoes. So what colour are Charlottes’s and Louis’ eyes? I’ve always had the impression that Charlotte’s eyes were blue grey. Not sure about Louis? And while we’re at it, what colour are Kate’s eyes? I do remember reading that George had brown eyes when he was a baby, taking after his maternal grandfather.
Louis’s eyes are brown, a very expressive brown.
All three W&K kids have brown eyes of varying darkness.
I understand that they have to perpetuate this fiction that George is the future king, but it makes me a little sad for him. Even if the RF is still around in 50 years (the earliest he’s likely to be king, probably closer to 60 years from now) Charlotte and Louis (and their children and grandchildren) will be living their own lives all that time. The era of the useless spare is over. Only the heir is trapped in a holding pattern.
CB’ers! I’m actually in Windsor this weekend (my nephew and his family live here) so we’re doing a big family visit, we were up at the park garden gates of the castle earlier, obviously my eggs would never have hit Adelaide from there. But my nephew was telling me that KFC is pretty much always at Windsor Castle, the flag has been up pretty much all the time since the coronation and it was down all weekend! They obviously knew the Irish CB’ers were visiting 🤣🤣
How very interesting. The British tabloids always seem to stress that Charles prefers Clarence House over both Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. If the Waleses did want to move into Windsor Castle, this would explain why that was nixed and they have now set their sights on Royal Lodge.
I totally forgot about the flag and how it signals that the monarch is in residence. Charles can’t hide now! So, I’m wondering ii Camilla is also in residence or if she stays at Clarence House. Those two spend so much time apart and yet it’s the Sussexes marriage that’s in trouble. 🤦♀️ Can your nephew please keep celebitchies posted? 😂
@shoegirl77, BOMBSHELL! I think like most CBers, I assumed Charles spent most of his time at Clarence House, with frequent visits to his beloved Highgrove. Of course I knew WC was for the monarch, but I just assumed KFC was so seldom there, that William likely crawled through the windows at night and crashed in a bedroom there to keep away from Kate. With Charles there much of the time and William ticked off at Charles of late, it seems unlikely they are bunking together at WC. 😂
Now, we know that William’s helicopter has been seen flying daily into KP. This coupled with conflicting articles about how cramped the Wales are at Adelaide, but how extremely happy they supposedly are, confirms for me the likelihood that Adelaide is for Kate, and William is pissed that Charles has not firmly evicted Andrew so he can live with his kids at the more spacious Royal Lodge, and more easily delude the public that Kate is there as well. And, even if she was there on occasion or permanently, with 7 bedrooms, he would never have to deal with her.
The question is, if they got RL, would they publicly relinquish AC, or simply remain mum about it’s status because they don’t want folks to know it is really Kate’s place?
@moonriver I bet you are right. Another reason why William is mad at Kate. Kate won’t leave or make this easy for him.
Ya gotta strengthen up that throwing arm, @Shoegirl77!!
I’m not surprised. Charles always wanted to be based at Windsor as sovereign, that was made known for years. Anything contrary was William leaking lies for his own purposes (ie. wanting Windsor Castle for himself).
I just assumed Charles needed to be in London. The queen only moved to Windsor permanently when Charles pretty much took over for her.
I’m just wondering why the discussion the brothers are to have about kids and online social networks doesn’t involve Charlotte, Luis, and Lilibet.
I cannot imagine a life as dreary as Tominey’s — having to write such crap every day. I couldn’t suck up to the Wails like she does or lie like she does without being medicated.
Maybe that’s why she self-medicates. Muster up some pride, CT.
He looks so much like James Middleton. Like wow! His maternal grandparents must be so elated their genes are prominent in the future king. 🤷♀️
Cute kid, happy birthday
How can a 10 year old show signs of being a great leader. He needs to go to school and learn and have friends his own age.
Wut? I was a “great leader” at 10. And by that I mean I was already good at organizing activities involving classmates and neighborhood kids. And those skills have 100% not translated at all to my adult interests and skills. It is so unhealthy to build up a 10 year old like this without any concern for his individual traits.
@Kaiser the school run line is almost word for word the same sentence from a people article from Dec 2020, for what that information is worth.
They always say the same thing about her parenting. Dropping your kids off at school (where they’re taken care of by other people) and sharing a meal (that she didn’t have to prepare) with them is the easiest part of parenting.
Bookmark this article because it will change soon. Media is preparing him for the role of the Spare. Even though there are no comparisons, numerous articles will compare him to Harry. How is it complementary to say that a 10-year-old boy will not be required to serve in the military in any capacity and not be required to be functional until he’s 35? By age 35, George will be the Prince of Wales, have graduated from college, embraced a specific interest, possibly married, and started a family. Considering the article’s author, I’m not surprised at the lack of depth and positive statement and, of course, the comparison to the Sussexes.
George wont be king for decades. The british media are warped, they are acting as though W is already the current king and he will be gone around the age of 75. Both George and Louis bear no resemblance whatsoever to the Windsors or the Spencers and no amount of hair bleaching will make George his fathers twin. The very common, grifter Midds will not be around in 40 years time, if and when George becomes king. No amount of botox, fillers and fake stories is going to turn K the publicity hog, into a nice person, why publicly torture these three children to cover up the dysfunction of their parents. George is 10, what is he going to be doing for the next 40 years, will he just become a public appearance clown directed by the bitter and twisted media and mommie dearest or will he be encouraged to be well educated and to help the people.
I see a lot of middleton features in Charlotte too.
As this family seems to be living a private life with a few annual guest appearances in public….WHY is the tax payer funding them? Why aren’t they paying their own way while protecting the privacy of their children and prioritizing their parenthood responsibilities over their royal jobs?
George shows no nervousness on public says the author . The writer tries to make George look like a superhero. Everybody gets nervous from time to time.
They always build up the royal kids like that. Such a suck up to their parents. But it also helps keep their jobs secure by keeping the RF secure.
I think tominey has a contract to write so many articles a month so she just makes up stuff.
It’s weird that George is wearing the same clothes as William- same shirt, pants and shoes that are William’s exact style. Besides so much of his life dictated for him, even the clothes seem completely not in his hands. He seems like such a controlled kid already without freedom to find his own style and voice.
What’s sad is that his children will never know his brother’s children. Through the terrible machinations of him, his wife and father they seem to be completely cut off from Harry and Meghan and their sweet little children. His wife gets to know her nieces and nephews and he doesn’t get to know his. You have to be a–hole to allow that to happen. I really feel sorry for their kids.