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In the coming months, the royal kids will be celebrating their birthdays – Prince Louis will turn 7 years old in April, then Prince Archie and Princess Charlotte are May babies, then Princess Lilibet will be 4 years old in June, and then Prince George will be 12 years old in July. The Sussexes have abandoned the royal habit of releasing photos on their kids’ birthdays, and I suspect we won’t get to see Lili and Archie’s faces in official portraits or even informal Instagrams for a while. But the Wales kids? We will absolutely get new photos of them for their birthdays, it’s all part of the arrangement Prince William and Kate have with the British press. All three Wales kids are now “old enough” to come to most royal events as well. But according to royal biographer Robert Hardman, Will and Kate are not going to be bringing their kids out a lot this year.
Every time Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis step out in public, they always steal the show. Sadly for royal fans, an expert has claimed that we may only see Prince William and Princess Kate’s children just four times this year. Royal biographer Robert Hardman told Marie Claire that 2025 may be a more private year for the family.
He stated: “I don’t think we’re going to see them in any way being shunted into the public eye more than is reasonably expected. I think there’s definitely a view that we the public should not expect to see them any more than sort of official royal family gatherings.”
The first of the four events could be Easter in April, when the royals typically head to church. Robert predicts we will next see the Wales children at Trooping the Colour in June. The royal biographer then predicted we could see the kids at Princess Kate’s Together at Christmas carol concert in December. He also speculated that an appearance to honour VE Day, held to pay tribute to the end of World War II, might be “on the cards.”
Editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine Ingrid Seward agreed with Robert, and told Fabulous: “I think that we won’t see quite so much of them this year. Hopefully we’ll see them on VE day.”
Hardman is forgetting Wimbledon, which Charlotte and George will probably attend (at least one of the finals), and he’s also forgetting that William likes to take George to various football matches and maybe some cricket. Kate probably wants to bring the kids to see rugby (if she even goes to any rugby games this year). Oh, and Kate will release even more photos for Father’s Day and Mother’s Day! And their Christmas card. There’s always the possibility that Kate will want the kids to star in another weird-ass short film like they did last year. So what’s behind this, and why is one of the more official royal-biographers making a point of saying that the Wales kids won’t be out and about much? Did William and Kate come to some sort of informal custodial agreement?
Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Backgrid, Kensington Palace.
London, UNITED KINGDOM – Duchess Kate Middleton’s return to the public eye was eagerly anticipated as she joined the British Royal Family at Trooping the Colour, observing the ceremonial parade from their window at Horse Guards Parade in St. James’s Park on the King’s official birthday.

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Trooping the Colour 2024 ceremony, marking the monarch’s official birthday in London.
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Trooping the Colour 2024 ceremony, marking the monarch’s official birthday.
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Trooping the Colour 2024 ceremony, marking the monarch’s official birthday.
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