Prince William and Kate Middleton.Photo: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images
Kate MiddletonandPrince Williamare gearing up for their next royal outing.
The palace announced Monday that the Prince and Princess of Wales will visit Birmingham on Thursday “to celebrate the city’s diverse culture and heritage and meet future leaders in the creative industries.” During the trip, they will host future leaders and local business owners from Birmingham’s creative industries sector at an event in The Rectory, a venue overlooking the city’s historic Jewellery Quarter.
Kate, 41, andPrince William, 40,kept their schedules lightin recent weeks while their three children were on a school break for Easter so they could spend time together.Prince George,Princess CharlotteandPrince Louisall attend theLambrook Schoolin Windsor, near the family’sAdelaide Cottagehome, and will return to class this week.
Prince George, Prince William, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Kate Middleton.YUI MOK/POOL/AFP via Getty
There’s no doubt the family is also getting ready forKing CharlesandQueen Camilla’s coronation on May 6, which is less than three weeks away.
Buckingham Palace announced last week thatPrince Georgewill serve as aPage of Honorat his grandfather’s crowning ceremony, making him theyoungest future king to ever play an official role at a coronation.
Prince George’s involvement in the crowning ceremony has been a subject of family discussion behind the scenes as his parents have juggled the unique honor with the pressure it might put on their son’s shoulders.
“His parents are very excited and delighted that he is a page,” a spokesperson for the Prince and Princess of Wales recently told PEOPLE. “It’s something that his parents have thought long and hard about and are very much looking forward to — and I’m sure George is too.”
Rehearsals for the coronation are taking placeout of the public eye in the Ballroom of Buckingham Palace, which enables palace staffers, the family and clergy to go through the service in private while keeping Westminster Abbey open to visitors.
Prince George.Samir Hussein/WireImage
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King Charles, 74, and Queen Camilla, 75, were spotted heading to church on Sunday at Crathie Kirk in Scotland, not far from Balmoral Castle. The couple appear to be spending some time out of the public eye before the coronation.
Queen Elizabeth, who died in September at age 96, also had apre-coronation getaway in Scotland— bringing along her beloved pet dogs.
source: people.com
