{"id":124954,"date":"2024-09-13T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/13\/prince-george-has-1st-flying-lessons-at-age-11-report\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T19:34:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T19:34:11","slug":"prince-george-has-1st-flying-lessons-at-age-11-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/13\/prince-george-has-1st-flying-lessons-at-age-11-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince George Has 1st Flying Lessons at Age 11: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"91.862236166572\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3713661\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.142857142857%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Prince George and Prince William<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Richard Pelham\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-george\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prince George<\/strong><\/a> appears to be following in his father, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-william\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prince William<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness revealed to U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/30413671\/prince-george-fly-future-king-royal-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Sun<\/em><\/a> that George, 11, had completed his first flying lesson at the Berkshire airfield in England last week, just before he headed back to school. The publication reported that William, 42, and his wife, <strong>Princess Kate Middleton<\/strong> looked on as their eldest son continued the royal family\u2019s tradition of flying.<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.<\/p>\n<p>George\u2019s interest in flight presumably comes from William, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/prince-william-through-the-years-his-life-in-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined the Royal Air Force<\/a> as a flight lieutenant in 2009. The following year, the Prince of Wales became a helicopter pilot with the Search and Rescue Force, a job he held until 2013.<\/p>\n<p>During William\u2019s military stint, he lived at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-william-laughs-during-visit-to-past-home-with-kate-middleton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the RAF Valley<\/a> on Anglesey Island in North Wales. Kate, 42, joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-william-laughs-during-visit-to-past-home-with-kate-middleton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">him on the island<\/a> ahead of their April 2011 duties as he completed his pilot duties.<\/p>\n<p>William returned to Anglesey in July and felt a sense of \u201cnostalgia\u201d about the trip, he said at the time. That was the first time William had returned to his former RAF Valley home since King Charles III bestowed him with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/king-charles-officially-gives-william-air-corps-role-linked-to-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honor of Colonel-in-Chief<\/a> of the Army Air Corps this past May.<\/p>\n<p>In a controversial move, Charles, 75 gave the honor \u2014 which would have been passed on to Prince Harry \u2014 to his eldest son. (Harry, 39, and his wife, Meghan Markle, left the royal family in 2020 making him ineligible for the new title.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.758865248227\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/prince-william-duchess-kates-sweetest-moments-with-their-kids\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Prince-William-and-Princess-Kate-s-Sweetest-Moments-With-Their-Kids-419.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Prince William and Princess Kate s Sweetest Moments With Their Kids 419\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Prince-William-and-Princess-Kate-s-Sweetest-Moments-With-Their-Kids-419.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/prince-william-duchess-kates-sweetest-moments-with-their-kids\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Prince William and Kate Middleton\u2019s Sweetest Moments With Their Kids<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPrince William and Princess Kate Middleton are the proud parents of three children and have shared many sweet moments with the little ones over the years. The couple wed in April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, five months after their engagement. William and Kate went on to welcome three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year, Charles and William traveled to the Army Aviation Centre in Stockbridge, Hampshire, England to celebrate the new Colonel-in-Chief. They posed with members of the corps and royal watchers. At one point, the two even posed in front of a military helicopter as Charles gave William the air corps\u2019 belt and light blue beret for his new role.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s unclear what the future holds for George in terms of his military career, it seems he\u2019s getting a jump start with the reported flying lessons. As next in line to the throne, George is gearing up to become the king one day and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/how-prince-william-and-kate-are-preparing-george-to-be-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preparing him is \u201ca hard job\u201d<\/a> for William and Kate. (They also share daughter Charlotte, 9, and Louis, 6.)<\/p>\n<p>The couple is \u201cgradually\u201d introducing aspects of the royal family into George\u2019s life, royal author <strong>Robert Jobson<\/strong> told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> exclusively last month. They \u201cdon\u2019t want to freak him out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-george-has-1st-flying-lessons-at-age-11-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince George and Prince William Richard Pelham\/Getty Images Prince George appears to be following in his father, Prince William\u2019s footsteps. An eyewitness revealed to U.K.\u2019s The Sun that George, 11, had completed his first flying lesson at the Berkshire airfield in England last week, just before he headed back to school. The publication reported that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-124954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}