Whether or not the Royal Children are aware of this rule, it has always been protocol
in the British Royal Family that no direct heirs shall travel by plane together. Since
Prince George is the first child of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, he is third in line
to the throne, and his sister, Princess Charlotte is fourth in line to the throne. Since the
Royal Children are direct heirs to the throne, they are not allowed to travel together. The
only exception to this rule was made in 2002, which allowed Prince Charles, Prince William
and Prince Harry to travel back together from their skiing holiday due to the death of The
Queen’s mother. Although you may have seen Prince William and his son, Prince George
travelling together by plane that’s because he is still so young. However, once Prince
George turns 12, the rule will be strictly enforced making him no longer able to share
a flight with his father. The rule serves to protect the royal lineage should anything
happen to the plane.
As a member of the British Royal Family, language and culture is very important as the Royals
spend a lot of their time travelling the world and meeting new people. Many of the Royal
Family are multilingual. The Queen can speak French fluently, her husband Prince Phillip
can speak French and German, Prince Charles can speak Welsh and German, Prince William
can also speak French and Welsh and Prince Harry can speak Arabic. So, it’s no surprise
that the Royal Children are expected to follow in their family’s footsteps and learn multiple
languages in hopes that they become fluent or fluent enough to understand and communicate
with someone. In fact, Prince George and Princess Charlotte have already started learning Spanish
at a young age, and Prince George already knows his numbers.
On Christmas Day, most children are used to getting up very early and opening their presents…
to only find a Lynx Africa gift set… I’m only kidding. Whatever Santa has brought them
I suppose… However, for the Royal Family they have their own Christmas tradition. The
Royal Children must open their presents on Christmas Eve at The Queen’s Sandringham
Estate with the presents being displayed in the Red Drawing Room. This tradition dates
back to the 16th century and is stemmed from a German tradition that the Royal Family has
followed for years. However, when Kate Middleton joined the Royal Family she no longer followed
the Royal Family Christmas tradition. She wanted her children to celebrate a “normal”
Christmas so when Prince George arrived, she broke the Royal Family Christmas tradition
by spending Christmas with her parents and siblings. It was rumoured that The Queen wasn’t
too happy about this the first time it happened.
The Royal Children have a lot of strict rules that they must follow such as: having good
etiquette, good posture, a dress code but the weirdest rule and perhaps funniest rule
that they must follow is that they are not allowed to play the board game, Monopoly.
When visiting Leeds Building Society’s newly-refurbished Albion Street headquarters in 2008, Prince
Andrew revealed that the Royal Family are not allowed to play Monopoly at home as it
gets too vicious. The game is known to cause arguments between family members so they just
banned the game from their household to avoid any unnecessary conflict. This means Prince
George and Princess Charlotte may never ever get the opportunity to play the classic board
game. If the Royal Family thought Monopoly was bad, try playing a game of Scrabble where
any “made up” word is apparently there in the dictionary if you look hard enough…
Picture this, you are eating a nice big juicy steak and about halfway through enjoying the
steak you suddenly have to stop eating… Well, that’s what the Royal Children might
have to go through when eating with The Queen. There is a rule that is enforced by The Queen
which states that everyone must stop eating (regardless if they are finished or not) when
The Queen is done eating. But it gets worse… According to former Royal chef Darren McGrady,
The Queen is “not a foodie” so trying to finish your meal before The Queen does
must be quite the challenge for the Royal Family! I can’t imagine how The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge must feel when trying to get Prince George and Princess Charlotte
to eat their meals before The Queen does because in reality, kids don’t always eat what they
are given and when they do they need a lot of convincing by then it’s too late!