On December 16, Prince William and Prince George made a poignant father and son visit to The Passage, a homelessness charity that Princess Diana first took William to in 1993.News broke of William and George\u2019s visit on December 20.George, 12, got to sign a guestbook on the same page that also had Diana\u2019s signature\u2014and his reaction was extremely thoughtful and touching.<\/p>\n
On December 20, news broke that Prince George<\/a> made a poignant visit earlier in the week with his father Prince William<\/a> to The Passage, a homelessness charity that a young William once visited alongside his mother, Princess Diana<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Prince William and Prince George at The Passage on December 16, 2025.<\/p>\n Prince and Princess of Wales\/Instagram<\/p>\n The visit itself actually happened a few days earlier on December 16, and while there, the 12-year-old future king took a moment to sign the organization\u2019s guestbook, which had previously been signed by both Diana and William on a visit mother and son had made there together on December 14, 1993\u2014almost 32 years to the day earlier. As George saw the distinctive signature of his late grandmother\u2014who died at just 36 years old in an August 31, 1997 car crash in Paris\u2014he was reportedly \u201cfascinated\u201d by the moment, being heard to say \u201cWow, okay,\u201d when seeing Diana\u2019s signature (per The Daily Mail<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n The guestbook entry bearing Princess Diana, Prince William, and Prince George’s signatures.<\/p>\n Prince and Princess of Wales\/Instagram<\/p>\n Mick Clarke, chief executive of The Passage, described the father and son visit as \u201ca proud dad moment\u201d for William and a chance to tell George, \u201cThat\u2019s my mum.\u201d William, for his part, introduced George to Clarke by saying to his son, \u201cThis is the guy I was telling you about.\u201d\n<\/p>\n William made his first visit to The Passage when he was 11 years old; at 12, George\u2019s first visit happened at nearly the same age. George has had a number of firsts this year\u2014a meaningful tea party appearance with his parents the Prince and Princess of Wales at Buckingham Palace back in May in honor of VE Day, and in November, George accompanied his mom Kate Middleton<\/a> to a Remembrance event, standing in for William as the Prince of Wales traveled back to the U.K. from Brazil. The Passage visit is also loaded with meaning, and while there the two future kings helped prepare Christmas lunches for the homeless, which Clarke told George, \u201cis a really important day, because it\u2019s for people who perhaps won\u2019t have a place that they can call home this Christmas.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cI said, ‘We\u2019ve just got a number of different things for you to help us with, so time to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in,\u2019\u201d Clarke said. \u201cHe was well up for it. Absolutely. Very much like his dad in terms of he just wanted to crack on, which was lovely.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Of the sentimental moment where George signed the guestbook, Clarke said, \u201cWe looked before and the page that I had from William\u2019s very first visit with his mum. As you\u2019ll see in the photo, it has Diana 1993, William 1993. And there was a gap, you know, kind of underneath it. And so we\u2019d asked William, \u2018Do you think George would like to sign this?\u2019 And he was like, \u2018Yeah, that would be great.\u2019 So that was really lovely because it was also a lovely moment where William was able to say to George, \u2018That\u2019s my mum. And this was the very first day that she took me to The Passage.\u2019 And it was a lovely moment in terms of almost coming full circle from 1993 to the end of 2025.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n William and George visited for \u201caround an hour\u201d before leaving to join the rest of the royal family for King Charles<\/a>\u2019s Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace.\n<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the nice things is it\u2019s very much like any family, really, in terms of it had to be the right time and feel right for them and, most importantly I think, feel right for George,\u201d Clarke said of the preteen\u2019s first visit. \u201cSo, you know, we talked over the last couple of years really in terms of that, you know, that\u2019d be great to do.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Prince George and Prince William volunteering at The Passage.<\/p>\n Prince and Princess of Wales\/Instagram<\/p>\n