Prince George’s Kingfisher Drawing Revealed in William’s Country Life Issue

Updated 11 Nov 2026, 16:48 · First published 11 Nov 2026

Prince George has shown he has inherited the family’s artistic streak. A coloured-pencil drawing of a kingfisher by the 13-year-old has been published for the first time – in the special edition of Country Life magazine guest-edited by his father, Prince William.

The detailed sketch shows the bird perched on a branch, its bright orange chest and blue-green feathers carefully shaded. George drew it at the family’s home, Forest Lodge in Windsor, in the spring, when he was 12.

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Where the drawing appears

Prince William spent six months putting together the 300-page issue of Country Life, which went on sale on Wednesday. George’s kingfisher is one of the personal touches in a magazine that also covers William’s family walks with the dogs, his love of Aston Villa and his weakness for chocolate biscuit cake.

The same issue carries William’s call for the armed forces to make sure women in uniform feel safe, respected and valued. Country Life editor-in-chief Mark Hedges described the prince as “a formidable, hands-on guest editor”.

William joins a short list of royals who have guest-edited the magazine – the King, Queen Camilla and the Princess Royal have all done it before him.

An artistic family

George comes from a family of keen artists. His mother, the Princess of Wales, studied art at A-level and went on to take a degree in art history at the University of St Andrews. His grandfather, the King, has been a dedicated watercolour painter for most of his adult life, often painting the landscapes around Balmoral.

This is not the first time George’s artwork has been shared. At Christmas 2022, William and Kate posted a detailed painting of a reindeer by their eldest son. In 2025, the Princess shared portrait sketches made during a family art session with George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

Why a kingfisher?

Kingfishers are one of Britain’s most striking but hardest-to-spot birds – usually seen as a flash of blue darting along a river. They are a favourite subject for wildlife artists because of their brilliant colours, which George has captured with layers of orange, teal and dark blue.

George is a pupil at Eton College, where he boards. The drawing was released as he returned to school after the extended autumn half-term break.

Images: Kensington Palace (drawing). Source: Country Life.