Prince Harry and Meghan Makle style their five-year-old son Prince Archie in a pair of jeans in Christmas card snap despite princes usually wearing shorts at that age
Share:
From Princes George and Louis to a young Prince Harry and Prince William, young royal boys are often spotted wearing shorts - rather than trousers - when accompanying their parents on official duties. Yet Prince Archie, five, was dressed much more relaxed in the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Christmas card, with the King's grandson sporting a pair of blue jeans and a green jacket.
![[Prince Louis pictured at Sandringham in 2022 for Christmas Day alongside his family members]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/10/93268863-14205165-image-m-2_1734518259162.jpg)
Likely thanks to his parents, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, no longer being working royals, and the casual nature of the snap, Archie was dressed in a pair of trousers, rather than shorts. His cousins, Princes George, now 11, and Louis, six, would often be photographed sporting adorable shorts and knee-high socks when they were younger.
![[In the portrait used for the Wales family Christmas card in 2017, taken during the royal tour of Poland and Germany earlier the same year, Prince George was again wearing the shorts we had become accustomed to seeing him in]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/10/7425896-14205165-In_the_portrait_used_for_the_Cambridge_family_Christmas_card_in_-m-4_1734518277997.jpg)
Prince Louis, for instance, opted for that ensemble when he attended Sandringham in 2022 for Christmas Day alongside his family members. Speaking to PEOPLE magazine previously, Editor-in-Chief of Majesty magazine Ingrid Seward explained: 'It is considered very suburban for a little boy to be in long trousers when he is just a little boy.
![[The season's greetings from Harry and Meghan's Archewell Foundation showcased the highlights of the Sussexes' year, including pictures from their four-day visit to Colombia in August]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/18/93204839-14198801-image-a-1_1734373803165.jpg)
'It is shorts until you’re 8 and then "woo, you’re in long trousers". They suddenly feel very grown up,' added the royal expert. However, on special occasions exceptions are sometimes made, and George wore trousers publicly for the first time in 2018 when he acted as a Page Boy for Prince Harry and Princess Eugenie's weddings.
![[Meanwhile, Princess Lilibet appeared to be taking inspiration from her older cousin Princess Charlotte (pictured in 2018) in Prince Harry and Meghan's new holiday card]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/08/93223255-14200581-image-a-2_1734423875837.jpg)
