Prince George reflects 'authentic' confidence with help of father William

Prince William is letting Prince George take the lead in new photos, notes an expert.

The Prince of Wales is seemingly giving first hand training to his eldest child, George, as they take on additional roles in the family.

Speaking about their latest appearance at the Christmas Carol Service, body language expert Judi James reveals: “Each year we see a new dynamic to the family line-up as the children grow up and the status, and even power signals, between them change and evolve. This year we can see William and his two sons forming a trio of mirrored styling and non-verbal behaviour.

“William and George are in choreographic lock-step as always, although William seems to be gently stepping back to allow George to take the lead more, rather than just sticking close to his father and copying him. George has looked slightly shy in the past and William’s technique here seems to be to gradually take the ‘stabilizers off’ by hanging back to allow George to walk ahead with authentic confidence rather than being nudged to the front.”

Speaking of William’s youngest child, Prince Louis, Judi said: “Louis still looks busy and distracted at times but we can also see very obvious signs of him looking increasingly keen to join his brother and his dad in a more grown-up looking trio. He seems to be making an effort to keep up with his brother and when the group leaves the service he is suddenly walking way ahead, still clutching his candle.”