Prince George looks at home in the countryside in a new picture released by Prince William and Princess Kate to mark his birthday. The future king turned 12 on July 22 after a year in which his mother emerged from a bleak period undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.

It was recently reported that Princess Kate and Prince William had agreed to send Prince George to Eton College for high school. However, an official announcement hasn't been forthcoming from Kensington Palace, and some royal experts have suggested the decision might not be as firm as originally thought.

The prince – one year away from becoming a teenager – was shown resting his arms on a gate in the Norfolk countryside.