A brand new picture of Prince George was launched at this time to mark his twelfth birthday.

Kensington Palace additionally launched a video with all three Wales youngsters. The video was shot by the Palace’s in-house social media group. 

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— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) July 22, 2025

Listed below are some screenshots from the video.

The brand new picture of Prince George was taken by Josh Shinner in Norfolk this spring. Mr. Shinner has taken a number of pictures of the household, together with the picture used for his or her 2023 holiday card. It seems that the brand new picture and video have been shot on the identical day because the pictures launched for Father’s Day this yr (which will be seen additional down within the put up), in addition to the picture used to mark Prince Louis’ seventh birthday.

Right here is the Kensington Palace social media put up with the brand new picture.

And the message from the King and Queen posted on social media with the brand new picture. 

And now for a evaluate of the younger Prince’s previous yr. We noticed Prince George within the video released by the Princess of Wales final September asserting the tip of her chemotherapy therapy.

One other screengrab from the video reveals the Princess along with her eldest little one.

This picture from the video was additionally used for the household’s vacation card.

We subsequent noticed Prince George when the Wales household attended the Princess’s Together at Christmas carol live performance in early December.

The annual occasion is taped at Westminster Abbey for broadcast on Christmas Eve.

Later in December, we noticed Prince George when he joined Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, his dad and mom, and others for the normal Christmas Day stroll to church at Sandringham.

Right here is one other view of the Prince along with his sister, brother, and father. 

Subsequent, a visit to Paris in April along with his father to look at Aston Villa tackle Paris Saint-Germain in a Champions League soccer match.

Prince George and his siblings joined their dad and mom for VE Day (Victory in Europe) 80th anniversary events in Could. Beneath, the household as they arrived to look at the navy procession marking the event.

Talking with World Struggle II veterans within the viewing stand. 

Princess Charlotte and Prince George have a look at pictures from that warfare shared by one of many veterans. 

The Wales boys with their father.

After the parade, everybody walked to Buckingham Palace for a fly-past. 

A large shot of the Buckingham Palace balcony. 

And the Wales household as they watched the plane approaching the Palace.

Prince George along with his father. 

The following VE Day 80 occasion was a Buckingham Palace tea social gathering, the place Prince George joined his dad and mom.

It was the primary time Prince George attended a tea or backyard social gathering at Buckingham Palace.

Extra from The Daily Mail’s coverage. 

Prince George was his dad and mom’ satisfaction and pleasure as he joined the Prince and Princess of Wales for a tea social gathering at Buckingham Palace this afternoon. The younger royal, 11, was well mannered and listened attentively as he made a shock look, and spoke with veterans to commemorate VE Day on Monday. 

The 2 princes with 99-year-old Douglas Austen Hyde, who’s also called “Dougie.”

Mr. Hyde joined the Service provider Navy in 1944, when he was simply 18. We return to The Mail’s story. 

Displaying an avid curiosity, George requested the previous seaman ‘Did you ever get shot at?’ and ‘Did you ever see a U-boat?’

After their chat, Dougie mentioned: ‘I used to be very impressed with the lad’s curiosity. 

‘He was very well mannered. Each time I used to do talks to younger youngsters, that’s all you ever wished, for them to hear and have slightly understanding of these days.

The Prince additionally met veteran Charles Auborn, aged 99. 

We revisit The Daily Mail piece another time. 

‘That is my son George I used to be telling you about,’ she mentioned, ushering him to the desk.

As Mr Auborn confirmed George footage of the M4 Sherman tanks he operated through the warfare, the younger prince requested him ‘Had been they laborious to function? It should have been very powerful with the climate.’

Right here is another picture from the tea.

We subsequent noticed Prince George with the remainder of his household for Trooping the Colour in June.

Right here you see him with Prince Louis. 

On the Buckingham Palace balcony.  Our ultimate Trooping picture reveals the Prince of Wales along with his sons. 

We have been handled to pictures of all three Wales youngsters for Father’s Day. You possibly can see Prince George is in the identical outfit worn for at this time’s picture. Beneath, a posed portrait of the youngsters with their father.

A black and white picture from the picture shoot confirmed the Wales youngsters with their father on a mattress of daffodils. 

Just some weeks later, we noticed Prince George once more, as he joined his sister and parents at Wimbledon. 

The household was there to look at the Males’s Last Championship. 

Prince George and Princess Charlotte as they watched the match. 

Prince William and Prince George.

And the household as they headed dwelling. 

It was a deal with seeing Prince George as a lot as we did this yr. 

The household is on vacation and shall be celebrating Prince George’s birthday privately. Here’s a have a look at what’s forward for Prince George via this Telegraph story. 

He shall be having fun with the beginning of the varsity summer season holidays, having damaged up following his penultimate yr at Lambrook Faculty, simply over two weeks in the past.

The Prince has another yr left on the Berkshire prep faculty, which he attends alongside his siblings, Princess Charlotte, 10 and Prince Louis, seven, earlier than he’ll switch to senior faculty.

There was large hypothesis across the household’s subsequent faculty selection, with Eton, the Prince’s alma mater, or Marlborough, the Princess’s former faculty, the seemingly entrance runners for the second in line to the throne.

Right here is the brand new picture alongside final yr’s birthday picture. On this yr’s picture, the Prince is dressed extra casually as he leans on a fence.

Within the picture, the Prince seems to be sporting a fleece vest by Schōffel, a German firm specializing in high-performance technical clothes. The Little Oakham Fleece Gilet ($79.95) has a entrance zipper, stand collar, zippered entrance pockets, and Alcantara trim (a vegan different to suede). There may be an grownup model of the vest available here ($280). 

Here’s a have a look at how the Prince has grown through the years.

Do you keep in mind the place you have been twelve years in the past at this time? This may increasingly jog your reminiscence: a video of Prince George’s introduction to the world.  

12 years in the past at this time, the long run King and Queen emerged from the Lindo Wing with their inheritor.

Prince George Alexander Louis.

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— Royal Central (@RoyalCentral) July 22, 2025

Completely happy Birthday, Prince George!