Reason Prince William and Prince George will soon no longer fly together
Prince George is set to celebrate his 11th birthday in the summer, with his big day falling on 22 July. And, as he gets older, his father Prince William is likely to soon revive a royal rule first brought in by his grandmother, the Queen.
The Wales family have stepped out all together on a number of occasions - most recently, Prince William and Princess Kate were joined by all three of their children for the Christmas Day service at Sandringham.
Royals fans were delighted to see the family put in force. But it could be that William and George will soon gave to travel to royal engagements - or tours - separately.
Royal protocol dictates that two heirs should never fly on the same flight together so that the royal lineage is protected. Prince William did break this tradition when his first son was born, and took nine-month-old Prince George with him on the same flight to Australia - with the Queen's permission.
According to the Express, "William is set to revive the convention championed by his late grandmother, which requires him to make his own travel arrangements, separate to those of his family.”
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It also explains why and William never travel together, and why Queen Elizabeth and Charles never travelled together while she was still alive.
As a child, William used to fly in the same planes as his younger brother Harry and their mother, Princess Diana, with prior written permission from Queen Elizabeth, according to Graham Laurie, Charles’ former pilot, on A Right Royal Podcast.
However, from the age of 12 onwards, William had to travel separately from the rest of his family and hasn't boarded a flight with Charles or Harry since. (William turned 12 in 1994, nearly 30 years ago.)
William will likely begin travelling solo imminently, and when George turns 12 in less than two years' time (July 22, 2025), he will be required to travel separately from other members of the royal family - with no exemptions.
"The safety protocol should help avoid any unlikely tragedy from occurring," the Daily Express reports.
Interestingly, royals are not exempt from the usual customs and immigration rules - but are usually fast-tracked through this process.
The late Queen Elizabeth was the only royal who didn’t need a passport as passports are issued in the name of Her Majesty — however, she was forced to go through an identity check every time she flew in and out of Britain, giving her full name, age, address, nationality, gender and place of birth to immigration officials.
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