The boy who will be king | Inside the royal family and the life of Prince George

The prince has already had to grow up fast among much controversy in the Royal Family, mourning the loss of his great grandmother Queen Elizabeth, and his mother, Prince Kate, recovering from cancer.
Who is the boy who will be King one very distant day from now? And how does one learn to take on the most exclusive job in the world?
In this special documentary 7NEWS Spotlight uncovers the secrets of Prince George’s royal upbringing, including his education, the Royal rituals he must learn and how his modern upbringing is steering the Royal Family into a new era.
With exclusive access to those close to him, 7NEWS Spotlight’s Sarah Greenhalgh is in London to chart Prince George’s journey to the throne - from meeting Barack Obama in his dressing gown to becoming the youngest future King to have an official role in a coronation.
While Prince George’s reign may still be decades away, it is evident that the monarchy he will inherit is evolving.
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[@pamlucas1326]

What a lovely happy young man George has grown into. So proud of our Royals, young and more mature.

[@emmiefaison3363]

Prince George is a lovely young man, who is raised by great parents who love him and all hs sibling. Prince William and Catherine.

[@helenfong3339]

He was an adorable baby and is now a handsome young boy.

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

Being an Irish Catholic Patriot and living in the U.K. 23 years myself, at age 53, I sincerely hope and pray that Prince George will make a good king for the British People and for those of the Commonwealth, but I do very much fear that very tough times lie ahead for all of the current Royal Children in the internet age, who have been forced to grow up very quickly in so many ways

[@smallfries3462]

People need to keep in mind even tho she has finished treatment but it will be at least 3 months before they can do a PET scan to see if it was a complete successful healing then she will need frequent follow ups to keep her cancer free . So plz for God's sake give her space and privacy as she needs it.

[@aroyaliota]

Wise words. 👏

[@smallfries3462]

@@aroyaliota thank you but not wise words I'm about to start my 2nd round of chemotherapy and radiation as my throat cancer came back also HRH Catherine needs plenty of rest and top notch diet to keep her weight to what her norm is she a little under weight

[@mefortunately4563]

@@smallfries3462 LOVE 🥰 Will help this Princess through all of what is to come… Let us All ‘Hold The Ground’ together ❤️‍🩹🥰with 🥰💓well and truly in our thoughts

[@TerriKnight-x3s]

Just because she has finished treatment does not mean she is cancer free. Still serious

[@smallfries3462]

@@TerriKnight-x3s that was my whole point I'm going through recurrence of cancer I was trying make others aware she still has to be careful because it might not be over with yet , trust me cancer is scary bc it kills ppl every day

[@kylepatrick319]

The family that the Monarchy have with both beauty and brain..they create their own crown the crown of people heart..❤❤❤

[@susiemckenna8160]

it won’t happen in my life time but i would bet he will be amazing as King

[@MonicElle]

Why do you keep calling her kate? Her name is Catherine

[@Luxie296]

I am positive that all 3 of Prince William and Catherine's children will be assets to the Royal Family and the country. All 3 are already very dutiful and are already, at their young age, working for the Royal Family. I, too, am positive that Prince George will be an excellent King one day.

[@DavidJohnRedwood]

In this day and age what the importance of an unelected queen or king?

[@Luxie296]

@DavidJohnRedwood the continuation of legacy, the honoring and preservation of history and the money that the Royal Family bring to Britain in tourism.

[@emmiefaison3363]

I wish Princess Diana were here to see her wonderful grandchildren, and how well they are turning out. She would be so proud!!

[@LisaFerguson-lw8il]

Prince George is a lovely boy. He and his siblings have enjoyed having Catherine's parents as loving grandparents. They all love spending time together. Thankfully, Harry and his awful wife are well clear of the scene.

[@void9837]

Catherine and William have social media platforms and use the publicity to hold onto the throne under false pretenses. They are not real Windsors, not called, chosen or anointed for the monarchy. In 1917, King George V adopted the name "Windsor" as the family's surname and the name of the dynasty. The name was chosen in response to anti-German sentiment during World War I

[@BrendonSmith-e9v]

The King or Queen doesn’t rule! They reign.

[@colleenpitkin2366]

Very well chosen PC, who comes from a loving home and family who stood by William when he was suffering the loss of his mother and must have been so afraid of the life to come for him. At least PW listens to whoever is training him. As George is doing, that's why George is doing well. Long may he continue to do so. The main thing is a family environment, that is the bed rock of anyone's personality.

[@robnewman6101]

God Bless The British Royal Family. ♥️

[@stephaniefox7922]

Her name is Catherine and has asked to be addressed that way, show some RESPECT Please!

[@void9837]

I respect Catherine up to a certain extent, but she is not called, chosen or anointed for the monarchy and neither is William Mountbatten Windsor. In 1917, King George V adopted the name "Windsor" as the family's surname and the name of the dynasty. The name was chosen in response to anti-German sentiment during World War I

[@DavidJohnRedwood]

​@@void9837Why exactly should she be respected as compared with other people? Also, many other families have to confront cancer and other serious illnesses. She is more important than others?

[@stephaniefox7922]

@@void9837 Her name is still Catherine and has asked to be addressed by her name, not her nickname!! nobody needs to be Royal, to be respected!!

[@jeanpierredevos3137]

Kate won't mind at all.

[@stephaniefox7922]

@@jeanpierredevos3137 Do you know her Personally to know that??? especially when she has asked to be addressed by her name!! If not you don’t know what she likes and doesn’t like!! And show Catherine some Respect, that she would show you!!

[@penelopewebling1085]

So sweet baby George in his mother's arms waving his little handOh so different tothe first glimpse of "Archie" who didint move a muscle even when " Daddy" prodded him!

[@Sally-nse2]

😂😂😂

[@mefortunately4563]

Brings Glorious Tears to my eyes… Long Live the Monarchy of Love 🥰

[@AllIsWellaus]

Oh brother, seriously. Most of us don't care but it is pretty disgusting that they keep taking our money while they do nought. Photo opportunities is not work.

[@Elaina802]

God bless our Royal family ❤🙏

[@littlefatsoo]

Pray he meets a wife in the future like his mother, not like his uncle.

[@treehus5193]

Stupid comment. You have no idea what goes on behind the curtains.

[@leannejones980]

HER NAME IS HRH CATHERINE PRINCESS OF WALES...... CATHERINE NOT KATE. SOW SOME RESPECT.

[@chnalvr]

Adorable children.

[@NixonAlexandra]

🎉BLESSINGS MOTHER YOU ARE AN ANGEL 🎉UNITED WE STAND 🎉BLESSINGS KING CHARLES 🎉UNITED WE STAND 🎉

[@Odo55]

George❤❤❤

[@loisleonard9436]

And he will be wonderful!

[@joannegreenway872]

Good programme I enjoyed it as I live in the United Kingdom and know all the history but it was spoilt a bit for me as the sound cut out midway through the programme

[@sandraward116]

..what I don't get is how mm thinks she's equal w Katherine..one is just a daughter in law to the present king..the other is the future queen of GB and mother of another future king.. ?..

[@chockie62]

Michael Usher - there is no Princess KATE, but there is Princess Catherine, your credentials as a reporter go downhill if you can’t be accurate in what you are reporting, if you can’t supply accuracy then you need a job at a gossipy magazine.

[@f.h4909]

Lovely little Prince ❤, God bless him 🙏

[@kimoakes1503]

A really nice, young man.

[@Juan-mp9gh]

This is what is all about preparing our young the show must go on when we pass

[@S_Lv]

♦️🇬🇧 We love prince George 🎉

[@esthervanhorn7309]

I'm 66 years old , so I'm al.ost sure George won't be King 👑 in my time , but I do wish him the best and be blessed in his journey 💙💜💙💜🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@christinephur9130]

Catherine please!!!!!!!!!

[@willainerosenau6782]

Run! George Run!

[@pennylane5506]

@willainerosenau67 thank heaven, your comment got a good chuckle out of me. Sincerously enjoyed the comment. I suspect you'd be a super fun person at a neighborhood cook-out! Please keep the smiles coming, are much needed. From the good ole U S of A🇺🇸😅

[@tanianaldrett9156]

CATHERINE! For gods sakes how hard is it?

[@rutholdfield3679]

Oh, FER CHRISSAKES!!!!! HE's ELEVEN!!!! Give the guy a break!

[@theresa42213]

Seems to me Harry is the son who still holds the press responsible for his mother's death. Wills has grown to look at his mother, and the events surrounding her in a _much _ more realistic light. Apparently he desired to find out things ...good, and bad about Diana. He's dealt with it and moved on. Harry was having no part of that discovery. On this subject Harry it seems stuck at 12 years ...remembering, and speaking to Mummy as if she is guiding him in his life, and is supporting all he does. ...Recently he has been doing it with his late grandmother also.

[@NorthernLights2375]

What happened to the sound?

[@MariaTolstonog-y2d]

Prince George will be a fine king like his father, King William V.

[@josephchan4767]

He is a king in the making. Her sister is a queen in the making too

[@eedwards4603]

Charlotte will not be queen, George's wife will be queen. Charlotte will only be queen if for some reason George is unable to be king.

[@ninez2698]

Little Charlotte is so adorable, beautiful, sweet, smart and so precious ❤👸❤

[@mefortunately4563]

Secession ! That is Key - she cannot be Queen unless you are suggesting All of Prince George Alexander Loui’s immediate family and himself are dead…. Facts

[@josephchan4767]

@@mefortunately4563 she can marry a king to be a queen

[@mefortunately4563]

@@josephchan4767 omg … are you masoganistic ??? I can Only Imagine such a beautiful woman Princess Charlotte will become, that She will choose her own path and Life

[@aek_poosuprompak5145]

Long Live The Royal Family of Wales God Bless Yours Family In Wales❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rachelgreen4510]

My goodness these media people, supposedly professionals 🙄🙄🙄, so ignorant! Kate?, Kate Middleton? Princess Kate? What?????? Catherine, Princess of Wales or Princess Catherine! After allllllll these years they can't get it right!!?? Oh, please!!!! Done on purpose, IMO.

[@elizabethfairlie8296]

I don't think the presenter is dishonoring Catherine. Is just an Aussie and Kiwi thing. Doesn't mean disrespect. Just a different cultural approach.

[@sds6303]

Sucks that Charlotte wasn’t the first born. She’s more emotionally mature & would make an amazing future Queen.

[@pennylane5506]

@sds6303 as long as Anne Princess Royal is around, all will be well. The world is a better place as long as Princess Royal is in it, regardless who sits on the throne.

[@janinaklim2622]

PRINCE GEORGE. PRINCE GEORGE. PRINCE GEORGE. NOT TO MUCH ABOUT THIS BOY . I SAW EVERYBODY, BAD NOT GEORGE. WHERE IS THE GEORGE?????????????

[@phyllisgarvin6611]

What is the matter with you so called professionals, calling PRINCESS CATHERINE by a nickname, you all need to be excluded from the job you have no right to represent . Which spelling would you prefer, kate, cate or cat?? Why don’t you call Camilla , milla, cam or killa ? You pay her more respect than you do PRINCESS CATHERINE. SHAME,SHAME, SHAME on all of you who do not respect the wishes of this so beautiful LADY 😢😢😢😢

[@TracieB06]

Imagine being a working professional therapist stating you made options based on Harry's book😂😂😂😂😂

[@maturefella]

We will see!

[@robnewman6101]

The Future King of the UK. 👍

[@virginiaconway374]

Prince George is just a child: aren't you pushing it?

[@debralarive]

No sound in the first third for a couple of minutes.

[@diamondtbar9818]

At 17:02, the sound went out.

[@annemoncrieff3875]

His sister will never be queen unless her older brother dies.

[@labratamber]

I think that's obvious

[@ziontenuia9266]

Or abdicates

[@JGJGAGSG]

Wow thanks for staying the obvious 🙄

[@lindan2836]

And why this comment? Everybody knows how it works.

[@connie9302]

Hello 👋 ❤

[@annemoncrieff3875]

I do believe a lot of these pple r mixing up louis with george cos george has never been a cheeky chappy like his wee brother. Get the facts right folks.

[@lbw1325]

I hate all this cheeky chappy stuff. That label from the press doesn’t encourage good character. I’m sure all of their children are being brought up with solid values

[@golibelles1467]

Actually George was quite a mischievous child as a toddler But he grew up to be more serious and stoic like his father

[@penguinxing2]

I want to know if Princess Charlotte is now third in line since the Queen changed the rules?

[@angelaNika-ue9xy]

❤❤❤❤

[@ClaireDodard]

Good Luck Be king After you Charlotte after Louis Wonderful Monarchy

[@annknox3798]

Has anyone noticed that Islamists are marching on London?

[@babsgrigg3552]

Prince George will be great as king one day, Louie is one that will end up being trouble , just like Harry. Look at both of them as a young child. I want live to see it, but he will be a problem. 11:45

[@coralgordon6241]

I believe that Diana bought Prince William to Australia

[@aroyaliota]

Yes he was only a few months of age.

[@mauvegreenwisteria3645]

brought

[@BernanditaMansueto]

❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍

[@astridsegall6013]

Que se mete ese Rob Johnson ,si es un enemigo de la famila Wales.Y los Principes de Gales hacen muy bien tener serca ese horrible hombre serca de sus hijos.

[@zopizopi5054]

W H Y !!!! a human being must wait hours to see other human beings named king, queen, prince or princesses ????? I simply don't understand !!!!

[@Sally-nse2]

…and you never will😂, poor you.

[@Bluevassen]

🫵🫡🌹❤️my family

[@munkhjargalbaljinnyam1419]

"❤️BAFTA11:28'SPOTLICHT'😊!!!!!!!!! K"

[@munkhjargalbaljinnyam1419]

"❤️BAFTA11:30SPOTLIGHT😊!!!!!!!!!K"

[@Bvdefgh]

🌹❤🙏+🎁🧿

[@elizabethmckelvie5418]

With any luck …NOT

[@Sally-nse2]

Sorry, you’re out of luck.

[@munkhjargalbaljinnyam1419]

"❤️BAFTA11:26GOMINGUP😊!!!!!!!!! K"

[@munkhjargalbaljinnyam1419]

"❤️BAFTA11:34😊!!!!!!!!! K"

[@munkhjargalbaljinnyam1419]

"❤11:12einefamilienehepaarwegenreparaturihresautossagte:nee,nee5000ausgebendoch😊!!!!!!!!! K"

[@EZEKIELAIA]

Hopefully not!!🙄 I think it's time the British public grew up! Princes and princesses!!!🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@danyaradimacher6581]

He will be King when he reaches the age of a geriatric

[@nellykatende7443]

If he is like his father, his siblings should be afraid.

[@lbw1325]

You must be confusing the Prince of Wales with his traitorous brother, who somehow thinks is he should be King. William and Catherine haven’t a malicious bone in their bodies. They do, however, have a duty to protect the Monarchy and the people they represent. William was well trained by The Queen

[@jaygatsby2790]

I don't think Charlotte and Louis have anything to fear. Their parents are bringing them up to be close, loving, and supportive of one another. Very much unlike the cruel, stupid, entitled, envious, vindictive, thankless, insecure abuser Ginger Judas who sold lies about his family for money and allowed his evil, ungrateful, lying parasite wife to abuse his family too.

[@JanetMalone-kj9tq]

Really

[@annatjienilsen539]

A very stupid remark.

[@Username451-t6f]

Does Montecito pay by the post or by the word?

[@fabianjoy12875]

Coal miners

[@phyllisgarvin6611]

What is the matter with you so called professionals, calling PRINCESS CATHERINE by a nickname, you all need to be excluded from the job you have no right to represent . Which spelling would you prefer, kate, cate or cat?? Why don’t you call Camilla , milla, cam or killa ? You pay her more respect than you do PRINCESS CATHERINE. SHAME,SHAME, SHAME on all of you who do not respect the wishes of this so beautiful LADY 😢😢😢😢