His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge

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Hands full: Prince Harry and the Duke of Cambridge with a young Invictus Games supporter

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Prince George watches on excitedly as Royal family arrive at Trooping the Colour parade

In her first public appearance since the birth of Princess Charlotte, Kate Middleton looked radiant as she joined the Royal family at Trooping the Colour - but it's George who attracts all the attention


By  Patrick Sawer, video source ITN / BBC Events

4:12PM BST 13 Jun 2015





It was the moment Prince George stole the show.


Although it may have been his great grand mother’s big day – when more than a thousand soldiers take part in the traditional ceremony of Trooping the Colour in honour of the Queen’s official birthday – at Buckingham Palace afterwards the little prince showed he was born to the role.


On his first appearance on the palace balcony, where the Royal family has lined up on so many joyous occasions throughout the nation’s recent history, he was more than happy to show off his public skills.


Prince George at the window of Buckingham Palace with nanny Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo prior to the Trooping The Colour ceremony (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)



Sat in his father’s arms, his doting grandfather The Prince of Wales at his side, George pointed coyly at the crowds gathered in The Mall and looked up in amazement as the Red Arrows shot by in the skies above, leaving a trail of red, white and blue vapour.

And was that a wave? He clearly knows what’s expected.

Prince George may have had to play second fiddle to his new baby sister, Princess Charlotte, last week, when the first official photographs of the pair – taken by the Duchess of Cambridge – were released, but yesterday he was back centre stage and loving every minute of it.

Kensington Palace revealed he was wearing the same out as his father did in 1984.


Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip leave Buckingham Palace by carriage (REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth)

It was indeed a day for the royal children. Standing a few yards away from George, in-between his grandparents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, was James, Viscount Severn, the seven-year-old son of the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Neatly turned out in shirt, blazer and tie, he stared intently at the crowds before sticking his fingers in his ear to block out the roar of the fly past of 31 aircraft, including Spitfires and Hurricanes alongside modern Typhoon fighter jets.

Standing to the left of Prince Philip was the young Viscount’s older sister, Lady Louise Windsor, 11. Earlier this year the pair accompanied their parents to South Africa for their first royal engagement and yesterday they seemed to be delighting in one of those periodic reunions all families enjoy.

The Queen joined her extended family on the balcony after returning from Horse Guards Parade, where she had acknowledged the Colour of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, as it was trooped before her and along the serried ranks of more than a thousand soldiers from the Wesh, Grenadier, Scots and Coldstream guards.



Prince William, Colonel of the Irish Guards, looked gallant dressed in full regalia astride a grey horse, the Princess Royal, Colonel of the Blues and Royals, and Prince Charles, who is Colonel of the Welsh Guards, also rode on It took a seamstress from Essex more than 900 hours of painstaking to sew and embroider the Colour, replete with battle honours recalling the bravery and sacrifice of the men who served in its ranks, from Loos to Mont Pinchon, Fondouk, Monte Piccolo and the Falkland Islands campaign

The honour of Trooping the Colour fell to the Welsh Guards this year in recognition of the 100th anniversary of their founding, by order of King George V, in 2015.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George attend the Gigaset Charity Polo Match at Beaufort Polo Club

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The Prince, just a month off his second birthday, seemed more interested in the polo mallet and balls than the game itself

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The Prince tried his luck kicking the ball instead

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Although he was there to watch his father play in the match, it appeared George was rather more engrossed in his toys, including a red and black toy car

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The Prince seemed to enjoy climbing up a small hill at the polo ground, then rolling down it again


The Duchess holds the Prince's toy car as he climbs back up the slope

The prince of polo! Playful George rolls on the grass, sits on mum's knee and clutches a toy car - as Kate unveils her slim figure in skinny jeans just six weeks after giving birth

• Prince Charles joined Kate and William at the Festival of Polo at the Beaufort Polo Club, Gloucestershire
• George, 23 months old, played happily with Mum Kate as he clutched a toy car
• The Duchess of Cambridge looked remarkably slender just six weeks after giving birth to Princess Charlotte
• George's first cousin once removed, Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn also attended
• Meanwhile, celebrities mingled an hour away at the Queen's Cartier Cup
  

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There was no sign of six-week-old Princess Charlotte, which left the Duchess free to chat to Zara Phillips

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Later, after the match, the Duke joined his wife and son, who appeared tired out after a hard day's play

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released a set of three official portraits of Prince George, age 16 months. The pictures were taken with Prince George seated on the stone steps of a courtyard in Kensington Palace, where his parents live, occupying Princess Margaret’s former apartments.

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