--- title: Prince George Asks Santa for Police Car on Christmas List description: Prince William's son has one thing on his mind for Christmas, as we now know — thanks to a wish list delivered to Santa in Finland. canonical: https://time.com/5042937/prince-george-christmas/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-30T16:37:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:58.756Z og:title: The One Surprising Gift Prince George Is Asking Santa For og:description: There's just one thing on his hand-written list og:url: https://time.com/5042937/prince-george-christmas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba21ddcd9cb35801/6988f327fb4eac1091894c05/prince-george-family-snowing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Enjoy Skiing Holiday og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The One Surprising Gift Prince George Is Asking Santa For twitter:description: There's just one thing on his hand-written list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba21ddcd9cb35801/6988f327fb4eac1091894c05/prince-george-family-snowing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The One Surprising Christmas Gift Prince George Is Asking Santa For  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 30, 2017 4:37 PM UTC  FRENCH ALPS, FRANCE - MARCH 3: (NEWS EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE. NO MERCHANDISING) (Alternate crop of #514133584) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, with their children, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, enjoy a short private skiing break on March 3, 2016 in the French Alps, France. (Photo by John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (TERMS OF RELEASE - News editorial use only - it being acknowledged that news editorial use includes newspapers, newspaper supplements, editorial websites, books, broadcast news media and magazines, but not (by way of example) calendars or posters.) FRENCH ALPS, FRANCE - MARCH 3: (NEWS EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE. NO MERCHANDISING) (Alternate crop of #514133584) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, with their children, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, enjoy a short private skiing break on March 3, 2016 in the French Alps, France. (Photo by John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (TERMS OF RELEASE - News editorial use only - it being acknowledged that news editorial use includes newspapers, newspaper supplements, editorial websites, books, broadcast news media and magazines, but not (by way of example) calendars or posters.)WPA Pool—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 30, 2017 4:37 PM UTC Lest you forget in the midst of the [new royal couple](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/) hullabaloo, there’s still a potential future king in the house for us to pay attention to. And it’s not Prince William _or_ Prince Harry. It’s [Prince George,](http://time.com/4986164/prince-george-favorite-movie/) of course, the now-four-year-old who has been a delight to followers of the British royal family. This week, his antics continued to draw attention — and this time, it’s for his single-item Christmas wish list, which his father Prince William hand-delivered to a Finnish Santa at a park in Helsinki while on a diplomatic trip to the Arctic nation. As [the _Guardian_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/30/prince-george-reveals-wants-christmas-handwritten-letter-father/) reports, Prince George asked for just one thing: a “police car.” (He also indicated on his fill-in-the-blank letter that he had been “nice” this year, not “naughty,” despite [the evidence](http://time.com/4860616/prince-george-poland/) of a few public [snafus.](http://time.com/4823594/prince-george-trooping-colour/) But we’ll cut him some slack there.) While it’s unclear what kind of police car, exactly, the young royal is interested in, it’s interesting to note that he listed this item in third position on his numbered list. It begs the question: what are numbers one and two in his heart? For now, those remain private matters. In any case, we now know what Prince George’s handwriting looks like. 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