The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have decided to keep George’s future role a secret

A NEW book has revealed that Prince William and Kate Middleton are keeping a huge secret from their son George “to protect him”.

EVERY parent wants to protect their children and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are no different.

That’s why they’ve chosen to keep a pretty big secret from their son George as they want him to have as “normal” an upbringing as possible, according to The Sun.

He may only be just about to celebrate his fifth birthday, but Prince George has a very big future ahead of him.

The little boy is third in line to the throne after his dad Prince William and grandad Prince Charles.

Prince George holds the hand of his father, Prince William, as they arrive for the christening of his brother, Prince Louis. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/WPA Pool/Getty Images

It’s this nugget of information that his parents have decided to keep from him for the time being — with William explaining there’s “a time and a place” for such a revelation, reports the Mirror.

According to Catherine Mayer, who wrote the book Charles: The Heart of a King, Prince William really struggled with the magnitude of his future role when he was growing up.

Author Catherine Mayer has written that Prince William struggled with his future role. Picture: Leo Cackett

The book Charles: The Heart of a King reveals the secret William and Kate are keeping from their son. Picture: Supplied

She told E! News in 2015: “With George they are trying to delay that moment of realisation and give him normality before they thrust this on him.

“But it will be, nevertheless, part of his upbringing both in terms of what he sees his parents and grandparents doing and probably quite soon a beginning of an understanding that he is in public life and what that means.”

Prince George attends the Christening of Prince Louis with his father, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/WPA/MEGA

Prince William has frequently been quoted as saying he and Kate are a “very normal” family behind closed doors.

In an interview he said: “There’ll be a time and a place to bring George up and understand how he fits in, in the world.

“We are very normal.”

Princess Charlotte, Savannah Phillips and Prince George on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. A book claims Prince William struggled with his future role and is keeping Prince George’s life ‘normal’ for as long as possible. Picture: AFP Photo

He insisted that his children, George, Charlotte and baby Louis will grow up in a “real, living environment”, not “behind palace walls”.

However, with Prince George now attending school it may be tricky for his future job to remain under wraps.

Prince George after attending the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Picture: AFP Photo/Brian Lawless

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have opted to send their first born to the rather posh south London school St Thomas’s of Battersea.

This story first appeared in The Sun and is republished with permission.

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