Prince William Reveals 13-Year-Old Prince George’s Kingfisher Drawing in Guest-Edited Country Life Alongside Kate Middleton’s Candid Recovery Interview

Prince William Reveals 13-Year-Old Prince George’s Kingfisher Drawing in Guest-Edited Country Life Alongside Kate Middleton’s Candid Recovery Interview

Prince William revealed 13-year-old Prince George’s kingfisher drawing in the November 11, 2026 special 300-page edition of Country Life magazine, guest-edited by the Prince of Wales. Although George is now 13, Kensington Palace confirmed he completed the drawing a year ago at age 12 — holding it back privately for 12 months so his father could debut it inside a 300-page conservation issue as George begins Eton College.

For royal followers and countryside readers in the UK and Commonwealth, Prince George’s colourful illustration of a common kingfisher perched on a branch is published in the November 11, 2026 collector’s edition of Country Life, guest-edited by Prince William. Alongside the young prince’s wildlife sketch, the issue features an exclusive interview with the Princess of Wales on screen-free parenting and nature’s role in her recovery.

Britain’s 4,000 Breeding Pairs, 40 mph Darting, and Victorian Millinery Hunting

Tabloids missed two companion features inside the same issue: Catherine, Princess of Wales’s exclusive interview on raising her children “looking beyond screens” and comparing nature to her health recovery (“I was told that my recovery would not be linear. There will be good days and bad days, that it will take time. This is the same in nature”), and David Profumo and Rosie Paterson’s natural history of Britain’s ~4,000 breeding pairs of Alcedo atthis (darting at 40 mph, absent north of central Scotland due to rapid peaty rivers, and historically hunted for Victorian millinery and Chinese tian tsui feather inlay).

Where was Prince George’s kingfisher drawing published and when did he draw it? Prince George’s colourful illustration of a common kingfisher perched on a branch was published in the November 11, 2026 special 300-page edition of Country Life magazine, which was guest-edited by his father, Prince William. Although George is now 13, Kensington Palace confirmed he completed the drawing a year ago at age 12.