Prince George and his parents, Prince William and Kate Middleton, showed up to cheer on England in a key Euro 2020 soccer match at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday. (Open in new tab) The little prince was somber and focused during the Round of 16 match between England and Germany, clapping as the crowd applauded and watching the game carefully. His brothers, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, were not present for the outing.

Prince George is a big soccer fan, and his father said in 2019 that Prince George wakes up every morning listening to the Three Lions soccer anthem." I thought it would just fade away, but it didn't. I still sing it every day," Prince William said. And during a charity soccer match in March 2019, George's mother, Kate Middleton, said, "You should have taken a hint from George!"

she joked.

Here's the family singing the England national anthem:

Prince William and Kate Middleton reportedly try not to treat George, the heir to the throne, differently from his brothers, but according to royal historian Robert Lacey, George knows he will be king one day . 'William has not revealed to the world when or how he told his son the great news. Maybe one day George will tell him himself. But it is believed that around the time of his seventh birthday in the summer of 2020, his parents explained in more detail what "service and duty" the little prince would have in the future," Lacey wrote in his book Battle of Brothers (opens in new tab). The prince stressed that his goal as a father was to give his son a "normal upbringing in a normal home" so that the monarchy could "remain relevant and keep up with the modern world."

George is often given "special treatment" to spend time with his grandmother, the queen, royal expert Katie Nicole said, and while the two youngest children will be too small to understand why, George himself knows he is "different," Nicole said.