How Prince William Encourages Prince George To Be Helpful

Prince George is the heir to the throne, but that doesn’t mean he can’t help with the groceries. It seems Prince William is making sure his eldest lends a helping hand wherever he can.

According to The Sun, Prince William brings George with him to wait for groceries to be delivered at their summer and holiday home, Amner Hall, in Norfolk, England.

“It is rare for anyone to ever offers to carry deliveries inside. So the Waitrose delivery staff were surprised and delighted to be greeted regularly by Prince William and Prince George,” a source told the outlet.

Apparently, the 5-year-old, who will turn 6 on July 22, always wants to carry the bags inside. “George is always particularly helpful and is the one who asks each time what he can carry for them. He is a very inquisitive child,” the insider added.

Supposedly, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a “mammoth” order of groceries, but the delivery crew, sent by popular UK grocer Waitrose, make sure the young Prince has bags he can carry. They seem particularly impressed that Prince William is encouraging his son to help out in ways that seem to defy any upstairs-downstairs divide.

“They give him lighter bags. It shows how down-to-earth William is and that he wants his son to grow up being polite and helpful to others,” the source said.

Prince George is likely learning to be helpful at school as well. He is in Year One at Thomas’s Battersea, and according to the school’s website, “the emphasis in the Lower School is on enjoyment and this is embedded in our broad curriculum and our most important school rule of ‘Be Kind.’”

Princess Charlotte will start school there this September.