He was the star of the show during the Royal tour to Canada and now our adoration for Prince George just keeps on growing.

While George didn’t seem too bothered about the fuss for their departure, he was keen to be the one responsible for getting the family home – and even offered to fly the plane.

Shawn Stewart, the plane’s pilot, told the Mirror, ‘After we landed, once the co-pilot got out, George climbed up into the seat and started playing with the controls and pretending he was flying the plane.’

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How cute!

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Shawn added, ‘Kate said, “Where are you going to fly us? Are you going to fly us to Canada?”

‘And George said, “No I’m going to fly us to England.”’

Sadly, George didn’t get his wish to fly the plane home, which may explain why he looked quite sad during take off. That, or he was just down to be leaving Canada…

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