Prince George is now an adolescent, celebrating his thirteenth birthday at this time. Under is a brand new {photograph} launched to mark the milestone. 
Matt Porteous took the picture after Trooping the Colour last month. Right here is the message accompanying the photograph of the younger Prince. 
It’s robust to consider this subsequent picture is from 13 years in the past, when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge launched their child boy to the world on the steps of the Lindo Wing. 
That feels much more putting when seeing the transient video Kensington Palace additionally posted of the Prince to commemorate at this time’s event.
Thanks for all of the birthday needs for George at this time! 🎂 pic.twitter.com/sonq5nQFfS
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) July 22, 2026
The message with that submit is beneath. 
This piece in The Mirror has extra on the video.
The clip, posted this afternoon to mark George’s milestone birthday exhibits him on a household vacation to Cornwall earlier this yr in a pair of sun shades waving to the digicam and flashing a cheeky grin. The 18-second video montage additionally exhibits the prince, taking part in cricket on the sand, patting one of many household canines, having fun with a ship journey and clambering over rocks barefoot together with his youthful brother Prince Louis.
I consider this was shot through the household’s Easter vacation. 
On this montage, you see final yr’s birthday photograph alongside this yr’s image. 
Now we have seen fairly a little bit of Prince George within the final yr as he joined his mother and father for official engagements. In November, he attended the Festival of Remembrance. 
This was the primary time he attended the annual occasion. 
Simply a few weeks later, he joined the family for the Collectively at Christmas Carol Live performance at Westminster Abbey. 
Not lengthy after the live performance taping, he took half within the stroll to and from the Christmas Day church service. 
Right here you see him with Prince Louis as they maintain presents from well-wishers. 
Additionally through the vacation season, Prince George followed in his father’s footsteps by visiting The Passage charity, simply as Prince William did again in 1993.
Right here is the visitor e-book with the royal guests’ names.
We noticed the Prince in April when he joined his brother, sister, and oldsters for the Easter Matins service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor.
One other view. 
In June, the Prince attended Trooping the Color. 
Right here is one other angle displaying the Prince, his youthful brother, and his mom. 
June additionally introduced a joint engagement together with his mom. 
That’s when the duo visited RAF Coningsby, a Royal Air Pressure base about three hours north of Windsor. The Princess is the Honorary Air Commodore of the bottom, a place she has held since 2023. 
We additionally noticed the Prince when the complete household welcomed the Princess of Wales on the profitable conclusion of her Three Peaks Problem. 
One other view from the early June event. 
It was simply ten days in the past when Prince George and Princess Charlotte attended Wimbledon with their parents. 
They watched the Gents’s Closing match between Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev.
And Prince George had some enjoyable together with his sister as he adjusted his hat in the summertime warmth.
The younger Prince has a giant change coming as he enters Eton School in September. Under, college students on the illustrious college in 2022, sporting their black tailcoats and waistcoats. 
Extra on the college selection from this People story.
The celebrated all-boys boarding college, which prices $85,000 per yr, counts Prince William, Prince Harry and plenty of different notable British males (together with quite a few prime ministers) as alumni.
Whereas many choices have been explored for Prince George’s subsequent college, a supply near the household instructed PEOPLE quickly after Kensington Palace confirmed the Eton School determination, “George has at all times wished to observe in his dad’s footsteps.”
Prince William together with his household in 1995 as he indicators the standard Entrance E-book at Eton. 
We study extra about expectations for the Prince’s new life at Eton from this story by Victoria Ward in The Telegraph.
On Sept 8, he’ll be a part of the ranks of some 260 new boys in “F-Block” – in any other case often known as Yr 9 – at Eton School.
Will probably be a unique life for the Prince, who will dwell away from residence for the primary time, even whether it is only a 10-minute drive from the household residence in Windsor.
Like the opposite boys, he can have his personal personal room and can in all probability be given a “brick cellphone” to remain in contact together with his household.
Right here you see the Prince of Wales shortly earlier than his commencement from Eton in June 2000. 
It has been a busy yr for the younger Prince! I’ll depart you with a take a look at how Prince George has grown through the years.
