Prince Charles Plants Wood for Grandson Prince George

Prince Charles has given his grandson, Prince George, a beautiful piece of wood, which royal expert Russell Myers described as simply gorgeous.

Speaking last month, Charles revealed he had planted a wood for his grandson George, who is eight years old.

From the Queen's Balmoral Estate, Charles said he turned a field no longer being used by a neighboring farm into an arboretum.

Since the Prince of Wales started planting the trees in 2013, he decided to name it after his eldest grandson, who was born the same year.

“The great thing was I managed to plant it the same year that my grandson was born.

So I thought I'd call it Prince George's Wood.

It is really for autumn color and a bit of spring, but autumn is the magic up here.

So finding all the trees and shrubs that turn an interesting color is half the battle,” Charles said.

Pod Save the Queen is hosted by Zoe Forsey and features Daily Mirror Royal Editor Russell Myers.

Speaking last month, Royal commentators Ms. Forsey and Mr. Myers lauded the Prince for his impressive present to his grandson.

When asked about Charles' BBC interview, Mr. Myers said, “He was walking through Prince George's woods.

He's essentially planted these woods for him.”

Zoe Forsey continued, “That was a really nice little insight, wasn't it?

He said they had a spare field that the farm didn't need anymore, as you do.

He was planting it up and decided to make it a very impressive present to Prince George, and named it Prince George's Wood.

Which is really lovely, I just hope he appreciates it one day.

It's very much a family thing, he's going through the generations.”

When speaking about Prince George's Wood, Mr. Myers joked, “He's probably going to have more than one wood to worry about, I think they have a few million acres to worry about.”

The Royal commentator then added, “It is an absolutely beautiful place.

He called it an old man's obsession.

But I think he's got quite a lot of passions, and is, perhaps putting himself down, because it was an absolutely beautiful, beautiful place.”

Prince Charles Praises Son William on Social Media

Meanwhile, Prince Charles recently did something uncharacteristic on social media, singling out his son William for praise, and conspicuously snubbing Harry.

Last month, in a touching and unprecedented move, the 72-year-old singled out his son Prince William for praise in a touching display of paternal support ahead of the Younger Royal's inaugural Earthshot Prize, dubbed the Eco-Oscars.

“I am very proud of my son, William, for his growing commitment to the environment and the bold ambition of the Earthshot Prize,” Charles wrote of his son's $92 million, decade-long climate initiative.

Most obviously, Charles' post reflected the growing closeness between the two future kings, both in a personal sense and in terms of the alignment of their official work.

Prince Harry Left Out of the Picture

For decades, the world was treated to images of the Prince of Wales and his two boys as a package deal, them skiing, them posing for Christmas cards, the three of them with Sir David Attenborough at the premiere of his Netflix series, Our Planet, in London in 2019.

Instead, what was marked about the Clarence House post was the very conspicuous absence of the plural sons, with no attempt made to include both of his children in the uncharacteristically intimate and warm outpouring.

Charles' post is not only a remarkable moment in and of itself, the Windsors, doing affection, but also because it represents another sad milestone in the seismic fracturing of Harry from his family.