Prince George is to become the youngest future king to play an official role at a coronation, having been named one of his grandfather’s four Pages of Honour.
The nine-year-old will be tasked with carrying the King Charles’ robes alongside three other pages, schoolboys Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, 13, Nicholas Barclay, 13, and Ralph Tollemache, 12. All three are sons of Charles’ friends.
Pages of Honour traditionally wear a knee-length scarlet coat with gold trimmings over a white satin waistcoat and lace jabot – a decorative ruffle or frill falling from the collar – white breeches, white stockings and black shoes with buckles. They also carry a small ceremonial sword. It is thought that they made their decision after discussing it with him in detail to ensure he was comfortable carrying out such a public duty.His siblings – Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis, four – are expected to attend the coronation but sit among the congregation. George will then likely join them for the service.
The decision to give the family such high-profile roles is said to represent a new era of equality behind palace walls, reflecting the King’s devotion to his wife and the realities of the modern blended family.Her son, Tom Parker Bowles, has Lola, 15, and Freddy; and her daughter, Laura Lopes, has Eliza, 15, and twins, Louis and Gus. Arthur is the grandson of her sister, Annabel Elliot, to whom she is extremely close.
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