With Prince George turning 12, an age that quietly shifts royal routines, he must now travel without his father. “William is a skilled pilot and loves flying but George must travel separately now,” a family friend told Daily Mail’s Richard Eden. This is a royal tradition, as the same rule applied to Prince William at 12.

Prince William was made to travel separately from his family when he turned 12 in a bid to 'safeguard the monarchy' and he will now need to decide whether Prince George will do the same

Prince William and his family have to follow a number of rules when they travel - and one of them is that the second in line to the throne should travel separately from their family when they turn 12