As the Duchess of Cambridge bravely tried to keep her young son focused on the sky, she grabbed his hands to her ears to block out the noise and put her elbow on the balcony with her chin in her hands.
But as the excitement of the passage increased, he jumped up and down the scene, exclaiming on the helicopters and planes the queen, Prince Charles, his mother, and anyone else who heard him.
At one point, both he and the Duchess let out a loud “wow.”
The queen looked delighted, while the duchess echoed any mother on a high-pressure family occasion, looking at her little one with partial indulgence and determination to make sure she was behaving.
At such an important moment in the national anthem, Prince George and Princess Charlotte kept a perfect education, arms side by side, with Prince Louis joining them flawlessly to begin before being a little distracted.