Prince George turns 13. 🎂

Good luck to the laddie. With his parents he should be absolutely fine.

A good looking and confident young man. 'Happy Birthday Prince George'

I am happy to share my birthday with such a handsome young lad 🎂

Happy Birthday, Prince George and GG13 🎈🎂

I was amazed to see how tall he is now. A very handsome young man.

It's hard to believe so much time has gone by since we were awaiting his birth.
I remembered a poem I wrote about Prince Charles (as he was then) looking forward to becoming a grandfather and musing about joining us - so I've dug it out.
Remember the days of Nellie and Pete?

I'm thinking of joining Gransnet,
I hear they're a wonderful bunch,
They love a good healthy discussion
And some of them meet up for lunch.

They offer support when it's needed
So I think I might give it a whirl,
I'll tell them I'd love a dear grandchild
And this time I hope it's a girl!

A few of them talk of their gardens,
Or knitting and baking a cake,
I think I'll invite them to Highgrove,
They might like to fish/jump in the lake!

I love a robust bit of banter,
But lately I don't get a chance,
If Camilla's 'gorn orf' for a canter,
I have to make do with my plants.

I'm betting Lil's Bar could be funny,
I'd love to pop in for a gin,
Of course I don't ever have money,
Please could Nellie or Pete get one in?

Was it really so long ago?

There was a nice picture of Camilla the other day to mark her birthday.

Surprised it didn’t get a mention here on GN, if it did, I missed it.

Lovely picture. He's a good looking lad.
I can see a look of a young Prince Edward.

I always think William and Edward look alike. As for Charlotte, she is the late Queen's double.

It is a lovely photograph but I wish he wasn't already in the public eye and allowed a normal an upbringing as possible

I wish you all stopped worshipping this boy and spent the millions his family get from the public purse on the 13 year old s living in temporary accommodation and getting fed from food banks.
Honestly these parasites make me sick.
As do all the brainwashed royalists who STILL believe they are a special breed despite all the evidence to the contrary!

paddyann54 are you against anyone with money nor is just the Windsors?

Och she's just being paddyann54. Mix of chip on shoulder and Irish republicanism displaced to Scottish separatism.

Good point GrannyGravy!
Paddyann54?

He looks quite old for just 13 doesn’t he? Going to be a very good looking man one day.

Good fun poem merlotgran 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

My Grandson is 13. I am grateful he is happy and can live his teemage years away from the public gaze, and scrutiny, unlike George whose life is very public.

I don't understand Paddyanne coming on this thread and calling the Royal family parasites. Its not nessasary. I would not like their life.

A very good looking boy,

How funny it would be if he turned into Harry Enfield's Kevin the Teenager! William wouldn't know what had hit him

He's a shy boy, by all accounts. I am sure he'll be a pin-up for teenage girls in the years to come.

William's growing in to a role that was his from the minute he was born. For those of us with teenagers in the family, we can appreciate both his incredible privileges and awful restrictions.
I am so pleased Catherine and William have given him and his siblings a 'normal' childhood and a loving, happy home. The stuffiness of a royal upbringing has gone, and I am sure he'll go forward a more confident young man than his grandfather did, decades ago.

Love the poem, Merlotgran

When you think back to William, he was also a good looking, but shy lad, who didn’t always seem happy with his future royal role in life.

I think meeting and marrying Catherine, seeing how a ‘normal’ though decidedly middle class family lived, has been the making of him.

I feel sure with his parents and grandparents support, (Charles and Camilla as well as the Middletons), he will grow into his role, albeit keeping his own identity.

I wish him well.

Wow he is a cracker and very much a picture of Eton. Good Luck to him - he will need it, it isn't all a charmed life.

I've always thought that George and Charlotte were exceptionally composed children, and now young people. Louis too seems to be a lovely child. They're already a credit to their family and to the country
But really they live in a gilded prison.

paddyann54

I wish you all stopped worshipping this boy and spent the millions his family get from the public purse on the 13 year old s living in temporary accommodation and getting fed from food banks.
Honestly these parasites make me sick.
As do all the brainwashed royalists who STILL believe they are a special breed despite all the evidence to the contrary!

Yes! I wish the Windsors no harm, but the money wasted on them (Buck House renovations, anyone?) could be better spent.