Prince George: This Came In The Mail

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I don't really know what to do with it now. If you have any suggestions, please tell me.

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Prince George : Baby In Action (Also a little bit about me)

No posts about Prince George for the last two days.. I was planning to do a thing where I asked people to write a little bit about George, but then I realised that because I spend so much time following this little Prince vicariously through my Twitter feed, I have hardly any friends IRL, and couldn't find anyone to write something.

I was also a little bit busy with Royal Central. If you don't know, Martin, the Editor-In-Chief, is leaving at the end of this week, so I've been writing a little bit more than I normally do, to pick up the slack and also leave him with a favourable last impression of me. And with that, and college, I really have very few hours left in the day. I mostly while those away watching Horrible Histories online - it's fast becoming one of my favourite things to watch. And I like to sing the songs to myself.

But never fear. Here is a post to kick off the weekend (for those of you who, like me, have to work on Saturdays too) or just to have a nice Saturday night. Or any day, really, because these are adorable.

Here is a collection of my favourite Prince George videos:

And this little one of baby Prince William, just because I love watching it:

There's just something about watching George in action. In pictures, he comes across as a very together young man, who know that he's being photographed and just doesn't care (or maybe that's just my perception) but in videos, he is was he is: just a little baby.

Who will someday be the head of 16 Commonwealth Nations! Well, still a baby.

Happy watching!

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Prince George : Other People Have Birthdays Too

What the title says. But, to make things simple, mostly for me, this post is only going to be about people who are famous like Prince George, people who are born in the same week as Prince George (though possibly many, many years before) and people who currently reside within the same country as Prince George (so, British) and/or have blue blood, like Prince George.

George!

Right-o.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

The Duchess of Cornwall was born on the 17th of July, 1947. That makes her 67 years old, and very probably she will be the oldest Queen Consort at the time of her ascension. Well, if she becomes Queen Consort, that is, and not Princess Consort like some are saying she might.

Happy Birthday to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Yep, that's really her as a young woman! #royal pic.twitter.com/Muoo44xgci
— Happy and Glorious (@HappynGlorious) July 17, 2014

Benedict Cumberbatch

Both #HappyBirthdayBenedictCumberbatch and #HappyBirthdayJaredPadalecki are more popular on Twitter than #HappyBirthdayPrinceGeorge.
— Nikita (@JustAsSaneAsMe) July 20, 2014

I was a little bit upset because #HappyBirthdayBenedictCumberbatch was a more popular tag than #HappyBirthdayPrinceGeorge. I mean, it is George's first birthday, and BC has already had 38 of those. Also, it's not fair if Tumblr fangirls take over Twitter too.
But I am getting a Sherlock marathon this weekend as a result of this whole deal, so it's not too bad. Speaking of Sherlock:

Prince Felix of Denmark

This poor guy celebrated his 12th birthday on the 22nd, and hardly anyone noticed because he's only 8th in line to a not so universally well known throne.
And, unlike little George, he probably woke up, excited for knowing that it was his birthday

Happy birthday, Prince Felix. Best wishes.

Happy birthday to Prince Felix of Denmark who turned 12 today! A new image was released by the royal court: pic.twitter.com/eDIZ0LzFKD
— Royaltyspeaking (@Royal_talk) July 22, 2014

Daniel Radcliffe

It's actually Daniel Radcliffe's birthday today. Here he is sorting celebrities into houses at Hogwarts. He put The Queen into Ravenclaw; most apt considering the whole tradition of the Monarch and the Tower of London Ravens.

Dame Helen Mirren

And speaking of The Queen, Dame Helen Mirren celebrates her birthday on Saturday. Fun fact: Dame Helen has played both Queen Elizabeth I and II.

J. K Rowling / Harry Potter

July 31st. Obviously!

Anyway, I'll have a post about it next Sunday, also to commemorate 7 years since Deathly Hallows releasing.

And, of course,

Prince George of Cambridge

A photo taken 1 year ago today by John Stillwell, the photographer who took #PrinceGeorge's 1-year birthday photos. pic.twitter.com/ZTRaV66egi
— BritishMonarchyHeir (@British_Heir) July 23, 2014

George!

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Prince George : Birthdays and Other Happy Days

Happy Birthday Prince George!

And as the whole world, whether a part of the British Commonwealth or not, celebrates the birthday of this little baby, who is probably drooling on The Queen as I write this, here is a look at his long 365 happy days on Earth, in one picture.

In case you're wondering about the new picture in the top left corner, and you're probably not because they are EVERYWHERE, it is one of two adorable pictures of the beautiful family at a butterfly show at the Museum of Natural History in London. Here's a better look. 

On the occasion of the little Prince's birthday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge issued a statement thanking everyone for their good wishes.

"We would like to take this opportunity on George's first birthday to thank everyone over the last year, wherever we have met them, both and home and overseas, for their warm and generous good wishes to George and our family."

So, basically the royal equivalent of "And to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end".

A bit of a short post today, but I'm very excited, I can hardly type. 

PRINCE GEORGE!!!!

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Images: John Stillwell

Prince George : Only A Few Hours To Go

Depending on what part of the world you stay in, there is either an entire day, or ONLY A FEW HOURS TO GO UNTIL PRINCE GEORGE'S BIRTHDAY! AAHHHH!!!!

Although, if you're actually Prince George, a) you can't read this because you're one, and b) your face probably looks more along the lines of this:

But we still love you.

I don't think I've been as excited about any of my own birthdays ever as I am about this first one of George's. If you are as excited as me, here are some things that you can do to either distract yourself (but not TOO much) or to convert that excitement into something worthwhile.

Write Prince George a letter 

It's very easy to write a letter to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (on behalf of Prince George). Their address is:

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Kensington Palace

London W8 4PU

England

According to the Official Website of the British Monarchy, when writing to a member of the Royal Family, "the formal opening is 'Sir' or 'Madam'. Other people prefer to open their letter with 'Your Majesty' or 'Your Royal Highness' and end it with 'Yours sincerely'." It would do you well to follow these guidelines, because, after all, this is royalty we're talking about (Although, who would know it from the way in which we all - me included - refer to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as William and Kate, offhand, like we're talking about our cousins or someone.).

This advice maybe (definitely) comes a bit late, because there is no way a letter written now will reach the birthday boy by tomorrow. But it will reach them eventually, and I'm sure the Duke and Duchess won't mind. And someone will probably send you a very nice reply, which you can frame or stick in your scrapbook.

I sent my letter out about two weeks ago. This is the first time I've written to the Royal Family, so I spent about two days just researching how to write it and choosing the most appropriate stationary. My friends will tell about the struggle I had with the post office closing at 11 am, and then having to wake up early and run to get the letter posted before college started. Anyway, the letter is probably London bound as we speak (Or in London, I don't know). Fingers crossed that I get a reply. 

Read What Would Kate Do?

What Would Kate Do?, run by the brilliant Christine is fast becoming one of my favourite blogs on the Internet. Of course, the top position still goes to Order of Splendor, which has a special place in my heart for introducing me to dear Estelle and other royal babies other than Prince George, and also for having a reader's vote for their favourite tiaras. But I read What Would Kate Do? whenever I can, and right now there are the most fantastic set of posts about little George's first birthday. #HappyBirthdayCheeks

What Would Kate Do? Click this sentence to find out.

Make a blog about Prince George

And if you can, make it better than this one.

In all seriousness, though, there is quite a shortage of people on the Internet writing about Prince George. Not if you move in the right (by which I mean, royal) circles, but if you don't, the Internet is made up mainly of people who talk about current major political or social events, or just fangirls, who either write about fictional fandoms or celebrities who are not royals. All of this, of course, might not be true, because I'm basing it on an empirical basis, with no concrete evidence whatsoever, but it can never hurt to post MORE about Prince George on the Internet than there already is. He is the most adorable baby in the world.

Either start your own blog, which is fairly simple, write a post on an existing blog, which is even simpler, or better still, write for an already established website. Royal Central, for instance, is looking for guest bloggers at the moment. They're a good team to work with; and I don't just say this because I'm a part of it.

But if you just can't take the excitement any longer, here is a sweet video I discovered the other week and that I just haven't been able to stop watching.

I love the Horrible Histories books, but I didn't know that they had been made into a TV series. And now that I do, I just can't stop watching it. In fact, I've played it so many times, that my brother has learnt all the Kings and Queens of England just by listening to this song over and over again.

And although this might only seem like four minutes of distraction, I can guarantee that just by clicking the links and watching the videos in the Suggested Videos column, you will be entertained for at least a couple of hours. Even more, probably. [DISCLAIMER: DO NOT WATCH IF YOU HAVE AN EXAM OR AN ASSIGNMENT DUE TOMORROW.]

Actually, don't do anything if you have an exam or assignment due tomorrow. Other than prepare for it.

ONLY 7 HOURS TO GO IN BRITISH TIME!!!

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Images: AFP/Getty Images 

Prince George : Everybody's Favourite Prince

Around this time last year, I was constantly refreshing the Google search for the Duchess of Cambridge on my phone, to see whether she'd had that baby yet. And then, one night (Well, late afternoon in the UK, but an obscene hour of the night here because of time zones), Prince George was born.

On every day of this week, there will be posts documenting Prince George's first year, links to blogs and websites that cover it better than I do, and just a lot of assorted things, all related to everybody's favourite little Prince (which I can say quite confidently, because there hasn't been a boy other than George born into any Royal Family in a long time) and his first birthday celebrations.

An early happy birthday, Your Highness! It's great to see that you can finally walk by yourself.

Someday, this baby will be the greatest King of England that the world has ever seen.
Well, the greatest King George, anyway. It might be hard to compete with some of those Anglo-Saxon rulers.

Much love,

N

Images: John Stillwell