A photo of the Duke of Cambridge smiling with his children during a family holiday in Jordan was posted on his Twitter profile to celebrate Father’s Day. It shows Prince William relaxed and smiling with his arms around Prince George and Princess Charlotte, with Prince Louis on his shoulders
By posting it on Twitter, the Duke and Duchess wished a happy holiday to the fathers and grandfathers of the world. The duke, who turns 40 on Tuesday, in the photo, taken in the fall of last year, is wearing a casual khaki outfit. Younger children are dressed in navy and white tops, while eight-year-old Prince George – third in line to the throne after his father – wears a camouflage-print T-shirt and shorts.
Prince William is about to turn 40
Prince William turns 40 on Tuesday: a birthday that is a moment of balance and goals for everyone; and the “insiders” of the Royal Family have leaked that the prince is “at ease with him more than ever in his skin.” He joked that turning 40 is a “scary” prospect but it is likely, instead, that the years ahead will be the best: still heir to the heir to the throne, the heaviest duties for him are for now. far away, he can enjoy what he has.
To coincide with the birthday, William has made a decision that confirms that, for now, the family comes first (an absolute novelty compared to the father and grandmother). With his wife Kate, he decided to leave London and move to Windsor, to be closer to his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II; the couple will leave the capital for Adelaide Cottage, on the grounds of the castle estate in Berkshire.
William has a happy family: his father at his age, who never ended the relationship with Camilla, was in the midst of the stormy conclusion of his marriage with Princess Diana. William, on the other hand, has a solid relationship with his wife who has perfectly adapted to life in the Royal Family, a woman who always has a smile on her face (a self-imposed strategy that certainly seems to pay off because she is very popular). The two have three young children, George, Charlotte and Louis, who stole the show during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The public side of William’s life is obviously dominated by the fact that, at any moment, he could become heir to the throne himself. But that’s not the case for now. “His life will change enormously when he becomes Prince of Wales,” noted a source close to the duke. “He will be in charge of the Duchy of Cornwall, a billion-pound commercial empire, and he is expected to carry out many more royal engagements, especially overseas.” But now he is waiting, “before the weight of the world falls on their shoulders,” as a friend said The Telegraph.
The move to Adelaide Cottage will allow the dukes to give their children as “normal” childhood as possible, but will also allow them to be closer to the queen. Much loved, but also careful to manage their image and not to run into missteps, in a time of growing social inequality and in which criticisms of the anachronistic privileges of the royal family occasionally surface, the dukes of Cambridge made a choice that was very appreciated.
After all, both he and his wife are very busy on several fronts. After leaving his job as a RAF rescue pilot in July 2017, the prince has since dedicated himself to a series of challenges: homelessness, mental health and the climate with the environment are concerns that he feels a lot.