WATCH: The boy the British press has dubbed “Gorgeous George” turned one today. And though the prince’s party was a private affair, the royal family has released some new photos of the boy who will be king. Mandy Clark reports.
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The official photographs were taken earlier this month when his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, took him to a butterfly exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum.
One image shows George fascinated by a blue morpho butterfly.
![This photo taken Wednesday, July 2, 2014, and released Monday, July 21, 2014, to mark Prince George\’s first birthday, shows Britain\’s Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince during a visit to the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London.](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lon112-721_2014_090548_high.jpg?quality=85&strip=all)
The royals are expected to celebrate their son’s first birthday with close family and friends at Kensington Palace.
Prince George is third in line to the throne, behind his grandfather Prince Charles and his father, Prince William.
Here’s a look at Prince George’s first year:
![William and Kate (and George)](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lon502-419_2014_080502_high.jpg?quality=85&strip=all)
![Britain\’s Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, and her husband Britain\’s Prince William, watch as their son Prince George looks at an Australian animal called a Bilby, which has been named after the young prince, during a visit to Sydney\’s Taronga Zoo, Australia Sunday, April 20, 2014.](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/syd112-419_2014_070855_high.jpg?quality=85&strip=all)
![Britain ‘s Prince William carries his son Prince George as they depart for Sydney, Australia, from Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, April 16, 2014.](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wlg813-416_2014_000000_high.jpg?quality=85&strip=all)
![Britain\’s Queen Elizabeth II, right, speaks with Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge as they arrive with their son Prince George at the Chapel Royal in St James\’s Palace, Wednesday Oct. 23, 2013.](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/lon208-1023_2013_145531_high2.jpg?quality=85&strip=all)
![In this Tuesday, July 23, 2013 file photo, Britain\’s Prince William carries his new born son, the Prince of Cambridge into public view for the first time. outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary\’s Hospital, in London.](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lon114-723_2013_175533_high.jpg?quality=85&strip=all)
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