--- title: A Perfect GIF of Prince William Getting Scolded by the Queen description: As an incredible GIF from last weekend's Trooping the Color shows, Prince William isn't immune to following the Queen's orders. canonical: https://time.com/4372806/prince-william-gif-queen/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-17T08:27:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:40.491Z og:title: This GIF of Prince William Getting Scolded by the Queen is Perfect og:description: Even Prince William follows the Queen's orders og:url: https://time.com/4372806/prince-william-gif-queen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This GIF of Prince William Getting Scolded by the Queen is Perfect twitter:description: Even Prince William follows the Queen's orders twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This GIF of Prince William Getting a Scolding From the Queen Is Perfect ## Video: Prince William and Prince Harry Mingle On Star Wars Set [Watch (HLS stream): Prince William and Prince Harry Mingle On Star Wars Set](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Dn7zXyAR.m3u8) (0:57)  _Published 2016-04-19. Prince William and Harry visit the Star Wars set and meet Luke Skywalker_ by [Diana Pearl / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Diana Pearl / People Jun 17, 2016 8:27 AM UTC by [Diana Pearl / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Diana Pearl / People Jun 17, 2016 8:27 AM UTC > [](https://twitter.com/brandonmcg/status/743210283389304834) You’re never too old for a scolding from [Granny](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:QueenElizabethII,00.html)! As an _incredible_ GIF from last weekend’s [Trooping the Color](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F21012284,00.html) shows, [Prince William](http://www.people.com/people/prince%5Fwilliam/) isn’t immune to following the Queen’s orders. William, who was crouching down to speak to his son, [Prince George](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:PrinceGeorge,00.html), on the [Buckingham Palace balcony](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F21012285,00.html), was given a directive from the Queen to “Stand up, William” – which he followed with the speed of a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Prince George’s reaction – a face palm – is just the cherry on top of an already perfect GIF. Hey, he may be set [to take over the throne one day](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F21001215,00.html) – but until then, [Granny’s the boss](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20999571,00.html). 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