Last Friday, the British royal family tweeted a photo of Prince George at an undisclosed beach, marking his 9th birthday. Prince George was born on July 22, 2013, in London’s St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington as many reporters and other pundits gathered to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child. He was named George Alexander Louis, or Prince George. His sister, Princess Charlotte, was born in 2015 and Prince Louis was later born in 2018.
The prince was wearing light blue and smiling from ear to ear. Kensington Palace stated that his parents, Duke William and Duchess of Cambridge Catherine, took the picture and uploaded it. It has become an annual tradition for the children of William and Catherine to have a picture of them taken on their birthday and released to the public, usually taken by the duchess.
Prince George and his two other siblings are very rarely seen by the public. However, due to their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years of reign, they have attended many outside activities. They were last seen attending the Wimbledon, in a match between Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic. At another event, George’s younger brother, Prince Louis, was seen at Buckingham Palace pulling his cheeks, plugging his ears with his fingers, and yawning when his mother was trying to maintain order.
However, in many British newspapers, George’s photo was not the only thing on the front page. Prince William and Harry’s former nanny, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, known as Alexandria Pettifer, was defamed as “false and malicious” claims had been made against her, including having an affair with Prince Charles and an abortion in an attempt for BBC news reporter Martin Bashir to gain an exclusive interview with Pettifer, according to BBC Director General Tim Davie.
Mr. Davie also stated that “I would like to take this opportunity to apologise publicly to her [Pettifer], to The Prince of Wales, and to the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex, for the way in which Princess Diana was deceived and the subsequent impact on all their lives.” It was as “a result of the deceitful tactics used by the BBC … I have decided that the BBC will never show the programme again; nor will we license it in whole or part to other broadcasters,” Davie added.
The prince was wearing light blue and smiling from ear to ear. Kensington Palace stated that his parents, Duke William and Duchess of Cambridge Catherine, took the picture and uploaded it. It has become an annual tradition for the children of William and Catherine to have a picture of them taken on their birthday and released to the public, usually taken by the duchess.
Prince George and his two other siblings are very rarely seen by the public. However, due to their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years of reign, they have attended many outside activities. They were last seen attending the Wimbledon, in a match between Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic. At another event, George’s younger brother, Prince Louis, was seen at Buckingham Palace pulling his cheeks, plugging his ears with his fingers, and yawning when his mother was trying to maintain order.
However, in many British newspapers, George’s photo was not the only thing on the front page. Prince William and Harry’s former nanny, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, known as Alexandria Pettifer, was defamed as “false and malicious” claims had been made against her, including having an affair with Prince Charles and an abortion in an attempt for BBC news reporter Martin Bashir to gain an exclusive interview with Pettifer, according to BBC Director General Tim Davie.
Mr. Davie also stated that “I would like to take this opportunity to apologise publicly to her [Pettifer], to The Prince of Wales, and to the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex, for the way in which Princess Diana was deceived and the subsequent impact on all their lives.” It was as “a result of the deceitful tactics used by the BBC … I have decided that the BBC will never show the programme again; nor will we license it in whole or part to other broadcasters,” Davie added.
