{"id":305495,"date":"2025-07-31T02:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305495\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T02:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:42:09","slug":"prince-william-can-no-longer-fly-with-his-son-prince-george-for-a-reason-experts-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305495\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William Can No Longer Fly With His Son, Prince George, for a Reason, \u2018Experts\u2019 Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince George<\/strong> turned 12 on July 22, marking a significant change in the royal rule of traveling with Prince William<\/a><\/strong>. A new report reveals experts\u2019 claims that Prince William and his eldest son will no longer travel together by air. Reportedly, royals follow this tradition to preserve the line of succession to the British throne.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Experts\u2019 say heirs cannot fly together because they need to \u2018preserve\u2019 the line of succession<\/p>\n

According to the royal rule, Prince William and his eldest son, Prince George, might not travel together by air anymore. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital<\/a> regarding the same. They stated, \u201cThe Prince and Princess of Wales and their children are the future of the royal family.\u201d <\/p>\n

The expert added, \u201cAccidents do happen, and this seems like a sensible precaution which ought to be observed, as it was with King Charles and William during Queen Elizabeth\u2019s reign.\u201d Fitzwilliams also noted reports suggesting some disagreement on the matter between King Charles and Prince William.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it should be necessary to point out that Harry is fifth in line to the throne,\u201d Fitzwilliams continued. He noted, \u201cOnly four working royals are under 70.\u201d The expert emphasized, \u201cThe need for Prince George as second in line to the throne to fly separately from his father surely makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

British broadcaster Helena Chard explained, \u201cTraditional royal travel protocol expects a future heir to travel separately from their father, especially when 12 years old. Direct heirs should not fly together.\u201d Chard added, \u201cPrevious generations left children at home with governesses when traveling. This, however, caused a lot of upset for the children. King Charles can vouch for this; he desperately missed his parents when they were away on tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the guideline is long-standing, it is not without exception. Royal expert Hilary Fordwich pointed out, \u201cRules, such as not traveling by plane or car together, now that Prince George is 12, are unwritten but a tradition. This ensures that the next in line and heir are not lost. It has, on occasion, been relaxed or bent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, Prince William and Princess Catherine have occasionally balanced royal rule with a modern approach. With Prince George turning 12, the travel protocol is \u201cto ensure continuity should one die in a travel accident,\u201d per Ian Pelham Turner.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince George turned 12 on July 22, marking a significant change in the royal rule of traveling with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,388,22881,1761,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-305495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-lifestyle","13":"tag-lifestyle-news","14":"tag-prince-george","15":"tag-prince-of-wales","16":"tag-prince-william","17":"tag-princess-of-wales","18":"tag-royal-families","19":"tag-royal-family","20":"tag-uk-royal-family","21":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114945546260125725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}