Thanks to This Royal Rule Prince George Will Have To Stop Traveling With His Family Soon
As parents, Prince William and Kate Middleton have created a united front to protect their children. It's also been a priority for them to make sure that Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis all live their lives as normally as possible while also being in line for the British throne. But despite their best efforts, the royal kids are still royal kids, and as George gets older, that's only going to become more obvious. Recently, the public has been reminded of an old travel rule in place for those closest to the throne, and it looks like it's going to start affecting Prince William and Prince George very soon.
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The Wales family will soon stop traveling together.
In December, we saw the Wales family arrive at Westminster Abbey together for the Christmas carol service put together by Kate. And even though it is always sweet to see them as a family unit, they broke one very big and important rule: members who are directly in the line of succession for the crown are not allowed to travel together — even if it's just by car.
The rule is the ultimate safety precaution.
Now that King Charles is on the throne, Prince William will be king next, with Prince George following behind his father. And when he turns 12 in 2025, George and his father will no longer be allowed to travel together at all. Even if it was only a short car ride, they would have to be in separate vehicles for the monarchy's sake.
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Traveling together could alter the line of succession if disaster struck.
Queen Elizabeth established a rule that those closest in line for the crown weren’t allowed to travel together to make sure that more than one heir wasn't lost in an accident.
According to former royal pilot Graham Laurie, Prince William started traveling separately from King Charles and Prince Harry when he was 12. "After that, he had to have a separate aircraft," Laurie explained.
In the past, royals had to get permission to travel together.
Laurie stated that the only way to have an exception made was to get the "written permission of Her Majesty." This happened in 2014 when William and Kate traveled with a 9-month-old Prince George to Australia.
With George getting older, recent reports by news outlets such as Express, note that William will "make his own travel arrangements, separate to those of his family."
If something were to happen to the entire Wales family, Prince Harry would be next in line for the throne.
As children of the future king, Prince Charlotte and Prince Louis are third and fourth in line for the throne, but so far, there's no word on if and when they’ll have to travel separately. After the Wales family, the next in line is Prince Harry and his children, Archie and Lilibet.
It's very unlikely that Harry would ever have to step up and rule ... but the line of succession does exist for a reason. May all of the royals stay safe — though Will having to travel by himself is a bit of a bummer!
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