Prince George’s 10th birthday portrait.Photo:Millie Pilkington/Kensington Palace via Getty
Millie Pilkington/Kensington Palace via Getty
Prince Georgeknows a set of stairs make a great photo backdrop!
Gert’s Royalsspeculated that the location of the photo was the Duchess of Kent Mausoleum on the Frogmore Estate in Windsor. The mausoleum is the burial site of Queen Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent who was also named Victoria. According to theRoyal Collection Trust, the upper area of the mausoleum was intended to be used as a summer house for Queen Victoria’s mother but was not complete when she died in 1861.
The Duchess of Kent Mausoleum at Frogmore.Getty Images
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Prince George’s latest birthday portrait isn’t the first time he’s posed for an official photo on some stairs.
His latest pic is reminiscent of aseries of snapstaken in November 2014, when the 1-year-old prince posed on the steps at London’s Kensington Palace for portraits released ahead of Christmas.
George returned to the Kensington Palace steps in September 2019 with his sister, Princess Charlotte, to mark herfirst day of schoolat Thomas’s Battersea.
The Kensington Palace steps also appeared to be the backdrop for asurprise photoreleased in 2019 of Prince William with his three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis — on the day of that year’s Trooping the Colour.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, 41, lived with their children at Kensington Palace in London until last summer when they relocated toAdelaide Cottagein Windsor.
There, the family relishes the open parkland and countryside where Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis can freely play.
“They love that the kids can go out on their bikes and cycle around the estate, and they are all really excited to meet everyone,” a friendpreviously told PEOPLE. “It’s a real little community.”
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In addition to Windsor and London, the Prince and Princess of Wales' family spends much of their time atAnmer Hallin Norfolk — which has also served as the backdrop for family photos, including theirmost recent Christmas card.
The home, which is part of the royal family’s Sandringham estate, is said to be whereKate feels most at home.
“Even if she were married to a banker, I don’t think she would be much different,” a source close to the royal household previouslytold PEOPLE. “She would have wanted to be a country mom and be in town occasionally. I don’t think she would have been living a very different life.”
source: people.com
