He wore blue jeans, a blue polo shirt and brown sneakers, looking noticeably like Prince William as he posed alongside his mother’s side of the family.
Royal watchers had already noticed George’s growth spurt
This was not the first recent moment when George’s height caught public attention.
In June, he joined Kate for a mother-son visit to Royal Air Force Coningsby. after a June 27 Instagram post about the visit, royal watchers quickly pointed out how tall he looked beside his mother.
“Oh my word!” one commenter wrote. “He’s so tall.”
Another Instagram user added, “It feels like just yesterday his parents were introducing him to the world outside the hospital, and now he’s so tall.”
The reaction makes sense. George has grown up in public view, from the hospital steps as a newborn to formal royal appearances and school milestones. The public fascination is not exactly complicated; people remember the baby, then suddenly the baby is nearly looking adults in the eye. Subtle? Not exactly.
George is preparing for Eton College
George’s growth spurt comes as he approaches another major step: starting at Eton College in September.
The boarding school has deep family ties. Prince William attended Eton as a teenager, as did Prince Harry. George’s move there will mark a new stage in his education and a more grown-up chapter for a young royal now appearing more often at public events with his parents.
For William and Kate, the transition also brings more ordinary parenting questions, including one that many families will recognize: when a child should get a phone, and what kind.
Prince William has spoken about the phone question
During a November interview with host Luciano Huck, William said George may get a phone when he moves on to secondary school, but with limits.
“I think when George moves on to secondary school, then maybe he will have a phone then that has no internet access,” William said. “To be honest, it’s getting to the point where it’s becoming a little bit of a tense issue. But I think he understands why. We communicate why we don’t think it’s right.”
William said his concern is less about a device itself and more about what children can reach online.
“I think it’s the internet access that I have a problem with,” he added. “I think children can access too much stuff they don’t need to see online. So having a phone and text message, the old sort of brick phone as they call them, I think that’s fine.”
For now, George’s public milestone is simpler than school plans or screen-time rules. He is growing up, visibly, in a family where even a casual photo can become a measuring stick.
