{"id":243784,"date":"2025-07-06T22:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/243784\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T22:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:52:26","slug":"prince-georges-summer-might-include-a-gruesome-royal-ritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/243784\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince George’s Summer Might Include a Gruesome Royal Ritual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince George<\/a> might have a busy summer<\/a> ahead of him, which could include his enrolment in a “centuries-old<\/a>” Royal Family<\/a> “ritual<\/a>,” according to one royal expert<\/a>. In spite of his mom Kate Middleton<\/a>‘s alleged opposition to<\/a> the “gruesome<\/a>” activity, the young prince<\/a> might have to take part, a royal author<\/a> has suggested.<\/p>\n

In the biography Prince Harry<\/a>: The Inside Story, author Duncan Larcombe claimed that Prince George might be forced to take part in a “controversial pastime<\/a> long enjoyed by his ancestors,” per the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The Palace<\/a> has refused to comment on claims that Prince George will be initiated into one of the slightly more gruesome royal traditions<\/a> this summer,” Larcombe wrote. “It was reported that he will join his father on a stag-hunting shoot while they visit the Balmoral Estate<\/a> this month. Traditionally, the blood of a hunter’s first kill is spread on their face, a ritual that goes back centuries.”<\/p>\n

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“It was reported that he will join his father on a stag-hunting shoot.”<\/p>\n

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Larcombe further explained, “Years ago, Kate joined the royals on a shoot, but it’s unclear whether George will be expected<\/a> to follow suit.”<\/p>\n

It was previously reported that Kate Middleton<\/a> had forbidden her three children<\/a>\u2014Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis\u2014from taking part in the royal tradition of “blooding.”<\/p>\n

In the book Yes, Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants, author Tom Quinn revealed (via the Daily Mail<\/a>), “Charles’s daughter in-law, Catherine, Princess of Wales<\/a>, has put her foot down<\/a> and insisted there will be no blooding for her children.”<\/p>\n

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Prince George might have to join in with a “gruesome” royal “ritual.”<\/p>\n

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In his memoir Spare<\/a>, Prince Harry wrote about his own horrifying experience of the “blooding” tradition. Describing the moment a hunter pushed his head inside an animal carcass, Harry wrote (via Hello! magazine<\/a>), “I tried to pull away, but Sandy pushed me deeper.” He continued, “I was shocked by his insane strength. And by the infernal smell. My breakfast jumped up from my stomach.”<\/p>\n

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