On 23 July 2013, the day after his birth, made his first public appearance on the steps of the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in . That may have been his first experience of royal life, but his first taste of home wasn't a palace. It was a family home, albeit a £4.7 million seven-bedroom one, Grade II listed.Bucklebury Manor, in Berkshire, is where the 'other grandparents', Michael and , live and the only place Kate wanted to be in those sleep-deprived weeks of new motherhood. It's also where the tight bond between Grandpa Michael and George began to form.A quiet, level-headed man, Michael showed his protective instincts towards his first grandchild early in the young prince's life: a month after his birth it became clear that the world was keen to see how the was getting on. In truth, releasing a new picture was the last thing Kate and William wanted to do, let alone invite a photographer into their family bubble.
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