Royal Expert Shares Details About the Moment Prince George Learned He'd Be King One Day

Lacy writes in his book that George's parents told him he'd be king someday in the summer of 2020, though no one knows the specifics, as the Daily Mail reported.

"William has not revealed to the world how and when he broke the big news to his son. Maybe one day George will tell us the story himself. But sometime around the boy's seventh birthday in the summer of 2020 it is thought that his parents went into more detail about what the little prince's life of future royal 'service and duty' would particularly involve," Lacy wrote.

Honestly, that sounds like a lot to explain to a 7-year-old!

It sounds as if William and Kate had been planning this moment for a while and had always preferred to be the ones to tell Prince George during a "controlled moment" of their choice: once he turned 7.

Lacy said that the reason is because of "William’s unhappiness at the haphazard fashion in which the whole business of his royal destiny had buzzed around his head from the start." That makes sense, but still, we can't imagine having to explain all of this to a child that young.

Raising mini-royalty has to be hard, so we can appreciate Will and Kate trying to keep the potential technical difficulties of being third in line for the crown at bay for as long as possible.

"William's aim as a father, the prince stressed, was to give his son 'a normal family upbringing,' enabling the monarchy 'to stay relevant and keep up with modern times,'" Lacy wrote.

For her part, Kate has always stressed how important the first few years of a child's life are for their development, so she was probably especially interested in keeping George's attention on being a kid for as long as possible.

The line of succession goes from Prince Charles to Prince William, and then obviously third in line is Prince George. However, his siblings also have a place in line. Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are fourth and fifth (ahead of Prince Harry even, who is sixth). Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children are seventh and eighth, respectively.

But that doesn't mean that any of them will ever sit on the throne. It is likely that Prince George's heirs, should he have any, will bump his siblings and cousins out of their spots eventually.

Prince William and Prince Harry may not see eye-to-eye on a lot of things, but it seems they are both determined to take a different approach to parenting than other royals have in the past. It appears they're both striving to make sure their children can live as normal as a life for as long as possible.

We love that they're taking the painful lessons from their childhoods and using them to prevent their own kids from having to go through what they did. Hopefully, it works.