George At RAF Fairford Airshow

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took Prince George to his first official engagement in the U.K. yesterday. The threesome attended the world’s largest military airshow, the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. 

The Duchess is Patron of the Air Cadets and the Air Tattoo was staging events to celebrate the Cadets 75th anniversary.

George will turn 3 years old on the 22nd of July and his parents have often spoken of his love of planes, trucks and helicopters. So the young royal was able to sit in all sorts of fixed wing fighters, transport aircraft as well as helicopters.

Prince William was a RAF search and rescue pilot until Prince George was just a few months old. He has since taken up a role as a pilot for East Anglian Air Ambulance. He combines this with his royal duties and time with his young family. 

Prince Harry was an Apache helicopter pilot and served in an active war zone.

George seemed to love all that was on offer but had a tantrum that his mum and dad sorted out with a cuddle and distraction. I hope you enjoy the photos of gorgeous George!

Catherine Speaks About George

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The Duchess of Cambridge has had a steady stream of royal engagements in the past few weeks. 

The year ahead is going to be busy for Catherine and William with a tour of India and Bhutan in the northern Spring as well as attending the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations. They will also be joined in France by Prince Harry, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla in late June to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Somme. 

Recently Catherine attended her first engagement in her capacity of Patron of the Air Cadets. This patronage was passed to the Duchess by Prince Philip who is slowly reducing his patronages as he ages. 

As the first female Honorary Air Commandant of the RAF Air Cadets, Catherine took part in a church service at the RAF church, St Clement Danes, followed by a reception at the Royal Courts of Justice.

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The Express newspaper wrote about Catherine divulging son George's love of aeroplanes: 

She told cadet Lucinda Conder, 19, that she had shown George, who is two and a half, pictures of Spitfires after a royal engagement.

"He is now obsessed with the air cadets and wants to join," said Ms Conder, a medical student from Hammersmith in west London, who was the top female cadet of 2015. "We are going to have to push that one when he gets to age 12."

George's love of aviation is not surprising given that he has flying in his blood from both sides of the family:

• Before having children, the Duchess's mother Carole was a flight attendant with British Airways and father Michael worked as ground staff for the airline.

• Michael's father Peter flew with the RAF

• Prince William has flown both fixed wing aircraft and helicopters in the RAF and is currently a pilot with East Anglia Air Ambulance.

• Prince Harry flew helicopters with the RAF and did stints in Afghanistan twice.

• Prince Charles also flew aircraft in the armed services as did his brother Prince Andrew, most notably RAN helicopters in the Falklands War.

And since helicopters are a frequent mode of transport for the royal family, George will no doubt see them coming and going from Kensington Palace and the Sandringham Estate.