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This soon-to-be big brother is only 13 months old, but he has mastered the art of being utterly adorable in front of the cameras. Between his rosy cheeks, hilarious expressions and general wiggly, jiggly nature that won himan extended playdate with the Internet, George has plenty of cuteness tips to pass down to his new sibling.
Prince William
Prince Williamwent to Australia and New Zealand for hisfirst royal tour at almost exactly the same ageas George. And as you can see in this April 1983 photograph, Princess Diana delighted in his antics just as much asPrincess Katedoes in George’s.
Prince Harry
Prince Charles
Queen Elizabeth
Yes, the Queen of England was quite the moppet in her younger days. Seen here at 3 years old, gracing the cover ofTIME magazine’s April 29, 1929 issue, “Princess Lilybet” could have given Shirley Temple competition in the cuteness department. Multiple books on the queen’s life cite Winston Churchill describing her as having “an air of authority and reflectiveness astonishing in an infant,” and you can perhaps see a flash of that seriousness here, too, despite her cherubic looks.
Prince Albert, the Future King George
Before Elizabeth’s father took the throne as King George VI (and even further before pop culture came to know him as theKing’s Speechmonarch), he was His Royal Highness Prince Albert. You see the prince here, circa 1899, at about four years old, flanking his queen-to-be mother, Mary. Albert is on the left, and the look-alike on the right is Prince Edward, who’d go on to famously abdicate the throne, thus putting his brother’s descendants (including littlePrince George) in line to reign.
King George V
Prince Albert, the Future King Edward VII
This Franz Winterhalter painting of Prince Albert Edward is dated 1846, meaning it depicts the future king at around 5 years old. The angelic boy looked considerably different when, at age 59, he began his reign as King Edward VII. Why the late ascension to the throne? His mother, Queen Victoria, holds the record for the longest-reigning British monarch as well as the longest-reigning female monarch in history.
Queen Victoria
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source: people.com
