--- title: Prince William Shares Prince George's School Play Role description: Prince William revealed what role Prince George played in his school's nativity play, and what he thought of the play canonical: https://time.com/5051909/prince-george-school-play/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-06T14:42:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:06.338Z og:title: Prince George Had the Cutest Role in His School's Nativity Play og:description: Prince William also gave an honest review of the play og:url: https://time.com/5051909/prince-george-school-play/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa73c15043c1c396/6988f3f58fd2ee54fa359e47/prince-george-school-play.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Prince George walking on the street og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince George Had the Cutest Role in His School's Nativity Play twitter:description: Prince William also gave an honest review of the play twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa73c15043c1c396/6988f3f58fd2ee54fa359e47/prince-george-school-play.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince George Had the Cutest Role in His School's Nativity Play by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 6, 2017 2:42 PM UTC  Britain's Prince George (C) accompanied by Britain's Prince William (L), Duke of Cambridge arrives for his first day of school at Thomas's school where he is met by Helen Haslem (R) head of the lower school in southwest London on September 7, 2017. Britain's Prince George (C) accompanied by Britain's Prince William (L), Duke of Cambridge arrives for his first day of school at Thomas's school where he is met by Helen Haslem (R) head of the lower school in southwest London on September 7, 2017.RICHARD POHLE—AFP/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 6, 2017 2:42 PM UTC [Prince George](http://time.com/5047559/george-charlotte-weddings/) played an important role in his school’s nativity play, proud dad Prince William revealed Wednesday. Taking part in the play, by portraying the three kings, angels and all-important animals on deck for the birth of Jesus, is an annual pre-Christmas break tradition in England. But at [London’s Thomas’ Battersea](http://time.com/4931142/prince-george-first-day-elementary-school/) this year, it was an opportunity to catch the budding four-year-old thespian in action as a sheep. His royal father, the Duke of Cambridge, disclosed that Prince George tackled the role of the ruminant mammal during a visit to BBC’s Bridge House in Media City with Kate Middleton. When asked about his Christmas plans, Prince William even provided a brief review of the show. “I went to my boy’s nativity play. It was funny,” he said according to [_The Telegraph_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/06/prince-george-played-sheep-school-nativity-play-prince-william/). He then added: “He was a sheep.” Here’s hoping the school’s director gave the young royal a chance to show off some of his [legendary facial expressions](http://time.com/4860616/prince-george-poland/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5051909/prince-george-school-play/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5051909/prince-george-school-play/"},"headline":"Prince George Had the Cutest Role in His School's Nativity Play","datePublished":"2017-12-06T14:42:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:06.338Z","description":"Prince William also gave an honest review of the play","url":"https://time.com/5051909/prince-george-school-play/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Prince George","celebrities","kate middleton","Holidays","Prince William","royals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa73c15043c1c396/6988f3f58fd2ee54fa359e47/prince-george-school-play.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa73c15043c1c396/6988f3f58fd2ee54fa359e47/prince-george-school-play.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince George walking on the street","caption":"Prince George walking with Prince William","creditText":"RICHARD POHLE—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5051909/prince-george-school-play/","name":"Prince George Had the Cutest Role in His School's Nativity Play"}}]}] ```