Prince George's adorable 'reaction' to seeing late grandmother Princess Diana’s signature at homeless shelter visit
The visit took place at the same shelter where Princess Diana had taken a young Prince William
Prince George experienced a touching moment of connection with his late grandmother, Princess Diana, during a visit to a homeless shelter, where he was shown her signature.
The visit to the homelessness charity The Passage took place on December 16. However, it was not revealed publicly until December 20.
It marked the 12-year-old’s first trip to the organisation, and echoed his father’s own visit with Diana 32 years ago.
Prince George’s reaction to Princess Diana’s signature at homeless shelter
While signing the visitors book, George was shown something remarkable. The very same page already bore the signatures of both his father and Diana from their 1993 visit.
According to the Daily Mail, upon spotting her name, George was reportedly “fascinated”.
The young prince was heard saying, “Wow. Okay,” as he looked at the familiar scrawl of the grandmother he never had the chance to meet.
Mick Clarke, chief executive of The Passage, described the visit as a deeply meaningful moment for both the organisation and the royal father and son.
Clarke told the Mail: “We looked at the page that I had from William’s first visit with his mum… And there was a gap underneath it. And so we’d asked William, ‘Do you think George would like to sign this?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, that would be great.'”
According to Clarke, William told George: “That’s my mum. And this was the very first day that she took me to The Passage.”
Clark added: “It was a lovely moment in terms of almost coming full-circle from 1993 to the end of 2025. And it felt a bit like a proud-dad moment, I thought, which was really, really lovely to see.”
Prince William’s visit to homeless shelter with Princess Diana
George’s first visit to The Passage came around the same age his father was when Diana first brought him there.
William became the charity’s royal patron in 2019. He has spoken candidly over the years about how much those early experiences shaped him.
In his 2024 documentary Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, he recalled: “I’d never been to anything like that before. I was a bit anxious as to what to expect.”
But he was struck by the warmth of the place and his mother’s ease with the people they met.
“My mother went about her usual part of making everyone feel relaxed and having a laugh and joking with everyone,” he said. “I remember at the time kind of thinking, ‘If everyone’s not got a home, they’re all going to be really sad.’ But it was incredible how happy an environment it was.”
William has also spoken of how he keeps Diana’s memory alive for his children. Princess Diana died tragically in a car crash in 1997.
In a 2017 interview with British GQ, William reflected: “I would love her to have met Catherine and to have seen the children grow up. It makes me sad that she won’t, that they will never know her.”
Prince George ‘just wanted to crack on’
The visit marked George’s first time at the charity, and like his father, he didn’t shy away from getting involved. He helped prepare Christmas lunches and chatted with volunteers and staff.
“He was well up for it. Absolutely,” Clarke said. “Very much like his dad. He just wanted to crack on, which was lovely.”
The engagement lasted about an hour. Shortly after, William and George headed off to join the rest of the royal family for King Charles’s annual pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace.
This year has been full of key firsts for the young prince.
In May, he attended a VE Day tea party at Buckingham Palace. Meanwhile, in November, he stood in for his father at a Remembrance event alongside his mother, the Princess of Wales.
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