Before the royal tours, the military service and fatherhood, Prince William was a young boy clasping his mother, the late Princess Diana’s hand at Trooping the Colour, or captured by a photographer as he peeped curiously from a palace window. His childhood—one of formal suits and photo calls—unfolded before the eager eyes of the world. Now, at 43, the Prince of Wales is next in line to the British throne.
On his birthday, a look back at the moments from Prince William’s younger years.