How Kate Middleton & William are preparing George to become King including the advice he’s been following since he was 3

PRINCE George turns eight this week and the adorable prince is looking more like his dad Prince William by the day.

While Kate Middleton and William’s eldest child is one day destined for the throne - the royal parents have tried to give him as normal an upbringing as possible and are slowly getting him ready for the role.

Here’s how the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are preparing little George to be king one day….

Only told him when he was seven

It has been claimed George was only sat down by his parents and told he would one day become king on his seventh birthday.  

Royal author Robert Lacey wrote in Battle of Brothers that William wanted to delay telling George the magnitude of what is to come.

Robert claimed: "From George's earliest days, William made no secret of his wish to spare his firstborn the casual initiation - or non-initiation - that he felt he had suffered as a child."

It is said William wants to reveal his future with the Palace gradually to George so he still gets a relatively normal childhood.

Perhaps William and Kate’s biggest success as parents so far is to create what is clearly a happy, fun and safe environment for George.

Duncan Larcombe

Being brought up the Middleton way - not the royal way

Duncan Larcombe, author of Prince Harry: The Inside Story, said that Prince George is being brought up according to a strict family blueprint.

He told Fabulous: “For the future king the only way is the Middleton way. 

“Throughout history children born into the royal family - particularly future monarchs - have been brought up the palace way, adhering to the wishes of whoever was king or Queen at the time. 

“But this cycle has been broken thanks to a combination of senior Royal’s absolute faith in William and Kate, and the fact they have pledged to bring up all three of their children in the manner their mother experienced growing up.”

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He said that Kate’s family life was idyllic, with the Middleton kids growing up surrounded by loving parents who were comfortable but hardly extravagant.

Duncan added: “Like Mike and Carole Middleton before them, William and Kate are ‘firm’ but not that ’strict’ with their children.