Prince George has turned 13, prompting a Daily Mail profile of the future King as he prepares to start at Eton College this autumn, ending years of being schooled alongside at least one sibling. The article, by royal editor Rebecca English, marks the milestone with a new official portrait and a home video showing George on a family holiday in Cornwall, offering a rare glimpse of his life away from formal royal duties.

The piece notes George has already begun boarding several nights a week at his current school to prepare for the transition, and that some of his close, sporty friends are expected to join him at the £64,000-a-year Eton, which is near the family's new Windsor home. William and Kate are described as deliberately shielding George from a rushed public role, mindful of past royal mistakes, while allowing him to appear increasingly at ease at engagements such as Wimbledon and VE Day commemorations.