Why Prince George is always wearing shorts

With all eyes on them as they toured Canada, the Royal Family pulled out all the stops to ensure they looked picture perfect.

Often colour-coordinated, they were no doubt well aware that the photographs of their first official tour as a family-of-four would be remembered for years to come – and tried to dress fittingly for the special occasion. 

And fashion fans were quick to notice that Prince George exclusively wore shorts - and it's certainly not the first time.

Indeed, the four-year-old is rarely seen in trousers and, according to an etiquette expert, there's a very interesting reason behind it.

Etiquette expert and MailOnline columnist, William Hanson, claims that shorts on young boys are, in fact, a silent British class marker and trousers are deemed 'suburban', which no self-respecting royal would want to be considered.

He explained: 'Not only does The Duchess of Cambridge have to worry about what she is wearing in public but she has to dress her own children and find a balance between royal tradition and heritage and more proletariat customs, such as the "suburban" habit of making young boys wear trousers.

'Although I don't really think that the sartorial rule of shorts for young boys would be a new one for Catherine. I would suspect that her own mother and mother's friends knew this - as more well-heeled middle class mothers do - and dressed their own boys accordingly.'

Source: Daily Mail.