Prince George is now a teenager, celebrating his 13th birthday today. Below is a new photograph released to mark the milestone. 
Matt Porteous took the image after Trooping the Colour last month. Here is the message accompanying the photo of the young Prince. 
It’s tough to believe this next image is from thirteen years ago, when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge introduced their baby boy to the world on the steps of the Lindo Wing. 
That feels even more striking when seeing the brief video Kensington Palace also posted of the Prince to commemorate today’s occasion.
Thank you for all the birthday wishes for George today! 🎂 pic.twitter.com/sonq5nQFfS
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) July 22, 2026
The message with that post is below. 
This piece in The Mirror has more on the video.
The clip, posted this afternoon to mark George’s milestone birthday shows him on a family holiday to Cornwall earlier this year in a pair of sunglasses waving to the camera and flashing a cheeky grin. The 18-second video montage also shows the prince, playing cricket on the sand, patting one of the family dogs, enjoying a boat ride and clambering over rocks barefoot with his younger brother Prince Louis.
I believe this was shot during the family’s Easter holiday. 
In this montage, you see last year’s birthday photo alongside this year’s picture. 
We have seen quite a bit of Prince George in the last year as he joined his parents for official engagements. In November, he attended the Festival of Remembrance. 
This was the first time he attended the annual event. 
Just a couple of weeks later, he joined the family for the Together at Christmas Carol Concert at Westminster Abbey. 
Not long after the concert taping, he took part in the walk to and from the Christmas Day church service. 
Here you see him with Prince Louis as they hold gifts from well-wishers. 
Also during the holiday season, Prince George followed in his father’s footsteps by visiting The Passage charity, just as Prince William did back in 1993.
Here is the guest book with the royal visitors’ names.
We saw the Prince in April when he joined his brother, sister, and parents for the Easter Matins service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor.
Another view. 
In June, the Prince attended Trooping the Colour. 
Here is another angle showing the Prince, his younger brother, and his mother. 
June also brought a joint engagement with his mother. 
That is when the duo visited RAF Coningsby, a Royal Air Force base about three hours north of Windsor. The Princess is the Honorary Air Commodore of the base, a position she has held since 2023. 
We also saw the Prince when the entire family welcomed the Princess of Wales at the successful conclusion of her Three Peaks Challenge. 
Another view from the early June event. 
It was just ten days ago when Prince George and Princess Charlotte attended Wimbledon with their parents. 
They watched the Gentlemen’s Final match between Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev.
And Prince George had some fun with his sister as he adjusted his hat in the summer heat.
The young Prince has a big change coming as he enters Eton College in September. Below, students at the illustrious school in 2022, wearing their black tailcoats and waistcoats. 
More on the school choice from this People story.
The prestigious all-boys boarding school, which costs $85,000 per year, counts Prince William, Prince Harry and many other notable British men (including numerous prime ministers) as alumni.
While many options were explored for Prince George’s next school, a source close to the family told PEOPLE soon after Kensington Palace confirmed the Eton College decision, “George has always wanted to follow in his dad’s footsteps.”
Prince William with his family in 1995 as he signs the traditional Entrance Book at Eton. 
We learn more about expectations for the Prince’s new life at Eton from this story by Victoria Ward in The Telegraph.
On Sept 8, he will join the ranks of some 260 new boys in “F-Block” – otherwise known as Year 9 – at Eton College.
It will be a different life for the Prince, who will live away from home for the first time, even if it is just a 10-minute drive from the family home in Windsor.
Like the other boys, he will have his own private room and will probably be given a “brick phone” to stay in touch with his family.
Here you see the Prince of Wales shortly before his graduation from Eton in June 2000. 
It has been a busy year for the young Prince! I will leave you with a look at how Prince George has grown over the years.
