Prince George follows in granddad King Charles’ footsteps with the ‘Windsor walk’

Prince George and King Charles reportedly share a close relationship, with the elder royal acting as a mentor to his grandson

rince George is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, King Charles, in more ways than one. The 12-year-old was pictured at the Trooping the Colour celebration over the weekend, looking sharp in a navy suit with a white button-up shirt and a baby blue tie to complete the look.

Fans couldn’t believe how similar George looked to both his grandfather and his great-grandfather, Prince Philip, in a photo taken at the royal event on Sunday, which saw him walking with one hand in his pocket.

In a post shared on social media, the snap of George was compared to Charles and Philip, who both walked with their right arms swinging by their side and their left hands in their pockets. The stride was dubbed the “Windsor Walk”, in reference to their Windsor lineage. “Prince George is like a mirror,” one commenter wrote, while another added: “Indeed he does [share his gait].” 

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George looked so similar to both his grandfather and his great-grandfather, Prince Philip

Social media users are not the first to notice the eerie similarities between Charles and George. In a clip filmed for the BBC documentary Elizabeth at 90 – A Family Tribute, George’s uncle, Prince Harry, noticed that the king “walks like George…or George walks like him. It’s the purpose to the walk.” George’s father, Prince William, readily agreed, saying: “He does walk like George.”

King Charles and Prince George share a close bond, and the elder royal will act as a kind of mentor to the future king as he grows older. “It’s very much a grandfather relationship with George at the moment,” said Robert Jobson, author of Our King: Charles III: The Man and the Monarch Revealed, to HELLO!

“But as he gets older, the King will take on that mentoring role, much as the late Queen did with William.” Charles even chose his grandson as a page of honour at his coronation in 2023, pointing to their loving bond. 

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George takes after his grandfather

The duo share a love of painting, baking, gardening and the environment, as George’s family has revealed over the years. Charles told the BBC that he enjoyed gardening with his grandson and teaching him about the environment.  

“That’s the way, I think, when you are very small, and then each time they come you say, ‘Do you see how much the tree has grown, or whatever?’ and you hope that they take an interest,” he said. Charles has long been an advocate for environmental protections and has been vocal about the impending threat of climate change, something which has been sparked in George too.

“George at school recently has been doing litter picking, and I didn’t realise, but talking to him the other day he was already showing that he was getting a bit confused,” Prince William explained to the BBC. 

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Prince Philip also favoured the move

“[He was] a bit sort of annoyed by the fact they went out litter picking one day and then the very next day…pretty much all the same litter they picked up was back again.”

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George and Charles share a close bond

Charles and George also struggled with school at various points due to their shy and nervous disposition. “I just dropped George off, and he didn’t want to go,” William told a local about his son’s first day of school. 

Meanwhile, Charles famously hated Gordonstoun, the school he attended as a child. “He was also very shy and withdrawn, and he sometimes seemed lonely and isolated,” said his classmate, Johnny Stonborough, to Newsweek. “It took a while to get to know him.”

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