--- description: Saturday marked Queen Elizabeth II's "official" birthday, but Prince George and Princess Charlotte have managed to steal the spotlight title: Prince George and Princess Charlotte Looked Cute as Ever at Queen's Birthday Celebration image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a2af184871683e/6988d22dab6d772a706ae9d3/gettyimages-696936636.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [United Kingdom](/tag/united-kingdom/) ## United Kingdom Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Prince George and Princess Charlotte Steal the Show on the Queen's Official Birthday by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2017 9:00 PM CUT  (L-R) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge look out from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour parade on June 17, 2017 in London, England. (L-R) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge look out from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour parade on June 17, 2017 in London, England.Chris Jackson—Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2017 9:00 PM CUT Saturday marked Queen Elizabeth II’s [“official” birthday](http://time.com/4822670/trooping-the-color-queen-elizabeth-birthday/?xid=homepage "undefined"), but Prince George and Princess Charlotte stole the spotlight. The two looked adorable as they stepped out in honor of their grandmother, along with the entire royal family for the event. Prince George is no stranger to commanding attention on [the Queen’s](http://time.com/4790168/queen-elizabeth-manchester-attack/ "undefined") official birthday. Last year, the young prince distracted his father, which [led to a scolding from the honoree.](http://people.com/royals/prince-william-gets-scolded-by-the-queen-at-trooping-the-color/ "undefined") The year before, Prince George was photographed [sticking his tongue out](http://people.com/royals/prince-george-at-trooping-the-colour-2015-photos/ "undefined") in front of a window at Buckingham Palace. While the [Queen’s actual birthday](http://time.com/4750087/queen-elizabeth-91-birthday-photo-christening/ "undefined") is on April 21, her “official” or public birthday, also known as “Trooping the Color” was celebrated this year in mid-June. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4822856/trooping-the-color-queen-prince-george-princess-charlotte/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4822856/trooping-the-color-queen-prince-george-princess-charlotte/"},"headline":"Prince George and Princess Charlotte Steal the Show on the Queen's Official Birthday","datePublished":"2017-06-17T21:00:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:12:11.666Z","description":"Saturday marked Queen Elizabeth II's \"official\" birthday, but Prince George and Princess Charlotte stole the spotlight","url":"https://time.com/4822856/trooping-the-color-queen-prince-george-princess-charlotte/","keywords":["United Kingdom","Prince George","Princess Charlotte","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a2af184871683e/6988d22dab6d772a706ae9d3/gettyimages-696936636.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a2af184871683e/6988d22dab6d772a706ae9d3/gettyimages-696936636.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"queen-birthday-price-george-princess-charlotte","caption":"Trooping The Colour 2017","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty","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":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/united-kingdom/","name":"United Kingdom"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4822856/trooping-the-color-queen-prince-george-princess-charlotte/","name":"Prince George and Princess Charlotte Steal the Show on the Queen's Official Birthday"}}]}] ```