A brand new photograph of Prince George was launched at present to mark his twelfth birthday. 
Kensington Palace additionally launched a video with all three Wales kids. The video was shot by the Palace’s in-house social media crew.
12 at present! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/UqYj4Y97QM
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) July 22, 2025
Listed here are some screenshots from the video.
The brand new photograph of Prince George was taken by Josh Shinner in Norfolk this spring. Mr. Shinner has taken a number of pictures of the household, together with the picture used for his or her 2023 holiday card. 
It seems that the brand new photograph and video have been shot on the identical day because the pictures launched for Father’s Day this yr (which might be seen additional down within the publish), in addition to the photograph used to mark Prince Louis’ seventh birthday.
Right here is the Kensington Palace social media publish with the brand new photograph. 
And the message from the King and Queen posted on social media with the brand new photograph. 
And now for a overview of the younger Prince’s previous yr. We noticed Prince George within the video released by the Princess of Wales final September asserting the top of her chemotherapy therapy. 
One other screengrab from the video exhibits the Princess together with her eldest little one. 
This picture from the video was additionally used for the household’s vacation card. 
We subsequent noticed Prince George when the Wales household attended the Princess’s Together at Christmas carol live performance in early December. 
The annual occasion is taped at Westminster Abbey for broadcast on Christmas Eve. 
Later in December, we noticed Prince George when he joined Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, his dad and mom, and others for the normal Christmas Day stroll to church at Sandringham. 
Right here is one other view of the Prince together with his sister, brother, and father. 
Subsequent, a visit to Paris in April together with his father to look at Aston Villa tackle Paris Saint-Germain in a Champions League soccer match. 
Prince George and his siblings joined their dad and mom for VE Day (Victory in Europe) 80th anniversary events in Could. Under, the household as they arrived to look at the navy procession marking the event. 
Talking with World Warfare II veterans within the viewing stand. 
Princess Charlotte and Prince George have a look at pictures from that battle shared by one of many veterans. 
The Wales boys with their father.
After the parade, everybody walked to Buckingham Palace for a fly-past. 
A large shot of the Buckingham Palace balcony. 
And the Wales household as they watched the plane approaching the Palace. 
Prince George together with his father. 
The subsequent VE Day 80 occasion was a Buckingham Palace tea occasion, the place Prince George joined his dad and mom. 
It was the primary time Prince George attended a tea or backyard occasion at Buckingham Palace.
Extra from The Daily Mail’s coverage.
Prince George was his dad and mom’ delight and pleasure as he joined the Prince and Princess of Wales for a tea occasion at Buckingham Palace this afternoon. The younger royal, 11, was well mannered and listened attentively as he made a shock look, and spoke with veterans to commemorate VE Day on Monday.
The 2 princes with 99-year-old Douglas Austen Hyde, who’s also referred to as “Dougie.” 
Mr. Hyde joined the Service provider Navy in 1944, when he was simply 18. We return to The Mail’s story.
Displaying an avid curiosity, George requested the previous seaman ‘Did you ever get shot at?’ and ‘Did you ever see a U-boat?’
After their chat, Dougie mentioned: ‘I used to be very impressed with the lad’s curiosity.
‘He was very well mannered. Every time I used to do talks to younger children, that’s all you ever needed, for them to pay attention and have somewhat understanding of these days.
The Prince additionally met veteran Charles Auborn, aged 99. 
We revisit The Daily Mail piece yet another time.
‘That is my son George I used to be telling you about,’ she mentioned, ushering him to the desk.
As Mr Auborn confirmed George footage of the M4 Sherman tanks he operated in the course of the battle, the younger prince requested him ‘Have been they onerous to function? It will need to have been very robust with the climate.’
Right here is yet another photograph from the tea.
We subsequent noticed Prince George with the remainder of his household for Trooping the Colour in June. 
Right here you see him with Prince Louis. 
On the Buckingham Palace balcony. 
Our closing Trooping photograph exhibits the Prince of Wales together with his sons. 
We have been handled to pictures of all three Wales kids for Father’s Day. You may see Prince George is in the identical outfit worn for at present’s photograph. Under, a posed portrait of the youngsters with their father. 
A black and white picture from the photograph shoot confirmed the Wales kids with their father on a mattress of daffodils. 
Just some weeks later, we noticed Prince George once more, as he joined his sister and parents at Wimbledon. 
The household was there to look at the Males’s Closing Championship. 
Prince George and Princess Charlotte as they watched the match. 
Prince William and Prince George.
And the household as they headed dwelling. 
It was a deal with seeing Prince George as a lot as we did this yr.
The household is on vacation and might be celebrating Prince George’s birthday privately. Here’s a have a look at what’s forward for Prince George via this Telegraph story.
He might be having fun with the beginning of the college summer time holidays, having damaged up following his penultimate yr at Lambrook College, simply over two weeks in the past.
The Prince has yet another yr left on the Berkshire prep college, which he attends alongside his siblings, Princess Charlotte, 10 and Prince Louis, seven, earlier than he’ll switch to senior college.
There was large hypothesis across the household’s subsequent college selection, with Eton, the Prince’s alma mater, or Marlborough, the Princess’s former college, the seemingly entrance runners for the second in line to the throne.
Right here is the brand new photograph alongside final yr’s birthday photograph. On this yr’s picture, the Prince is dressed extra casually as he leans on a fence. 
Within the photograph, the Prince seems to be sporting a fleece vest by Schōffel, a German firm specializing in high-performance technical clothes. The Little Oakham Fleece Gilet ($79.95) has a entrance zipper, stand collar, zippered entrance pockets, and Alcantara trim (a vegan different to suede). There may be an grownup model of the vest available here ($280).
Here’s a have a look at how the Prince has grown over time. 
Do you bear in mind the place you have been twelve years in the past at present? This may occasionally jog your reminiscence: a video of Prince George’s introduction to the world.
12 years in the past at present, the long run King and Queen emerged from the Lindo Wing with their inheritor.
Prince George Alexander Louis.
— Royal Central (@RoyalCentral) July 22, 2025
Pleased Birthday, Prince George!
