--- title: Prince George Reveals What His Favorite Disney Movie Is description: It appears that even his taste in films is royally on-brand as Prince George's favorite movie is none other than 'The Lion King'. canonical: https://time.com/4986164/prince-george-favorite-movie/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-17T19:13:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:05.549Z og:title: Prince George's Favorite Movie Is Royally On-Brand og:description: The young royal just can't wait to be king og:url: https://time.com/4986164/prince-george-favorite-movie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt199e0b5b811c5e88/6988e24986f68e1e146e6e31/prince-george-favorite-disney-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-ROYALS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince George's Favorite Movie Is Royally On-Brand twitter:description: The young royal just can't wait to be king twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt199e0b5b811c5e88/6988e24986f68e1e146e6e31/prince-george-favorite-disney-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince George's Favorite Movie Is Royally On-Brand > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 17, 2017 7:13 PM UTC  TOPSHOT - 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\. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / RICHARD POHLE (Photo credit should read RICHARD POHLE/AFP/Getty Images) TOPSHOT - 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\. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / RICHARD POHLE (Photo credit should read RICHARD POHLE/AFP/Getty Images) RICHARD POHLE—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 17, 2017 7:13 PM UTC [Prince George](http://time.com/4931142/prince-george-first-day-elementary-school/) might be just four years old and still in elementary school, but his taste in cinema is already on-brand for his status as a member of the royal family. Thanks to an intrepid interview between [Prince William](http://time.com/4926861/prince-william-kate-middleton-pregnant/) and a young reporter, the world now knows what it’s always wanted to know: what young Prince George’s favorite movie is. “He quite likes [_The Lion King_](http://time.com/4920182/the-lion-king-mufasa-scar-brothers/)_,_” Prince William said during the interview. “We’ve watched that a few times.” The [Disney](http://time.com/4893042/disney-leaving-netflix-movies/) film is truly a fitting choice for a young royal who “just can’t wait to be king.” Watch the full clip below. > [](https://twitter.com/SkyRhiannon/status/919931792513224704) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4986164/prince-george-favorite-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4986164/prince-george-favorite-movie/"},"headline":"Prince George's Favorite Movie Is Royally On-Brand","datePublished":"2017-10-17T19:13:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:05.549Z","description":"The young royal just can't wait to be king","url":"https://time.com/4986164/prince-george-favorite-movie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Prince George","viral","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt199e0b5b811c5e88/6988e24986f68e1e146e6e31/prince-george-favorite-disney-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt199e0b5b811c5e88/6988e24986f68e1e146e6e31/prince-george-favorite-disney-movie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-ROYALS","caption":"TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-ROYALS","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/4986164/prince-george-favorite-movie/","name":"Prince George's Favorite Movie Is Royally On-Brand"}}]}] ```