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Prince George and Princess Charlotte miss school to attend royal wedding
Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank on Friday 12 October 2018 in a beautiful ceremony that took place in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Prince and Princess proudly watched their eldest children, George and Charlotte, fulfil the role of pageboy and bridesmaid on the special day. In order to attend, William and Kate made the decision to take George out of school during his Autumn term and Charlotte out of nursery. One day never hurt anyone, right?
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© GettyHeirs flying together
William and Kate broke the rules when they flew to Australia and New Zealand in April 2014, with Prince George, who was just nine months old at the time.
It is thought that heirs should not take the same flights in order to protect royal lineage, but it was reported at the time that permission was sought from Queen Elizabeth II before the trip.
The rules appear to have been relaxed in recent years, with William and Kate regularly flying with their children.
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© GettyZara Tindall at Royal Ascot
In 1989, the late Queen gave permission for her granddaughter Zara Phillips, who was eight years old at the time, to attend Royal Ascot with her mother Princess Anne. This decision went against Royal Ascot’s rules, with the event holding a strict age limit of 18 at the time. The eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II was the only child to have been allowed into Royal Ascot that year. Since then, the age restrictions have changed, with children under the age of 18 allowed to attend Royal Ascot when accompanied by a paying adult. Equestrian Zara has been a regular at the races throughout the years.
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© GettyPrincess Estella at Metallic concert
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband Prince Daniel raised eyebrows when they brought their seven-year-old daughter Estelle to a Metallica concert in July 2019. The standard age limit for the concert is 13 years old, but an exception was made for the young princess, who reportedly watched the heavy metal band from a box with controlled sound. Children under the age of 13 were banned from Metallica concerts because of the potentially damaging noise environment.
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© GettyPrince Louis wearing trousers
While this is technically a tradition rather than a rule, Prince Louis wore his first pair of trousers in public when he was much younger than Prince George. There has been a longstanding tradition for male members of royalty and aristocracy to wear shorts until the age of eight. Louis was just two when he wore trousers to watch a Christmas pantomime in December 2020. In comparison, George was five when he donned a pair of chinos for the family’s Christmas portrait in 2018.
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Prince George and Princess Charlotte miss school to attend royal wedding
Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank on Friday 12 October 2018 in a beautiful ceremony that took place in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Prince and Princess proudly watched their eldest children, George and Charlotte, fulfil the role of pageboy and bridesmaid on the special day. In order to attend, William and Kate made the decision to take George out of school during his Autumn term and Charlotte out of nursery. One day never hurt anyone, right?
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© GettyHeirs flying together
William and Kate broke the rules when they flew to Australia and New Zealand in April 2014, with Prince George, who was just nine months old at the time.
It is thought that heirs should not take the same flights in order to protect royal lineage, but it was reported at the time that permission was sought from Queen Elizabeth II before the trip.
The rules appear to have been relaxed in recent years, with William and Kate regularly flying with their children.
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© GettyZara Tindall at Royal Ascot
In 1989, the late Queen gave permission for her granddaughter Zara Phillips, who was eight years old at the time, to attend Royal Ascot with her mother Princess Anne. This decision went against Royal Ascot’s rules, with the event holding a strict age limit of 18 at the time. The eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II was the only child to have been allowed into Royal Ascot that year. Since then, the age restrictions have changed, with children under the age of 18 allowed to attend Royal Ascot when accompanied by a paying adult. Equestrian Zara has been a regular at the races throughout the years.
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© GettyPrincess Estella at Metallic concert
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband Prince Daniel raised eyebrows when they brought their seven-year-old daughter Estelle to a Metallica concert in July 2019. The standard age limit for the concert is 13 years old, but an exception was made for the young princess, who reportedly watched the heavy metal band from a box with controlled sound. Children under the age of 13 were banned from Metallica concerts because of the potentially damaging noise environment.
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© GettyPrince Louis wearing trousers
While this is technically a tradition rather than a rule, Prince Louis wore his first pair of trousers in public when he was much younger than Prince George. There has been a longstanding tradition for male members of royalty and aristocracy to wear shorts until the age of eight. Louis was just two when he wore trousers to watch a Christmas pantomime in December 2020. In comparison, George was five when he donned a pair of chinos for the family’s Christmas portrait in 2018.
