Meet John III. Prince George may beone of the most famous toddlers in the world, but this little boy might have himbeat (at least temporarily). A picture of the cherub-looking tot went viral onthe internet on Monday alongside HELLO!'s cover with the new picturesof Prince William and Kate Middleton's son and daughter. "My godson thinkshe's Prince George," read the caption on the snap posted on Reddit by the boy's 17-year-old godfather that showed the 2-year-old boy pointing at the cover with an identical smile to the little Prince.
A picture of a lookalike Prince George went viral Photo: Reddit
As people buzz about George's doppelgänger, HELLO! chatted with the boy's parents about theinstant fame and how this picture even came to be. "I didn't thinkanything of it," said father John. "We walked past the magazine inWalmart on Sunday and I thought to myself, 'we'll get back to that because itwas funny.' When I came back I grabbed the magazine and he said, 'Hey lookthat's me!' So, then I gave it to him and I snapped a couple of pictures. Ididn't realize until later that he pointed at it. It wasn't set up or anything.I sent it to my niece and nephew and he posted it on Reddit and it just wentfrom there."
While John doesn'tbelieve his son looks too much like Prince George, he shared that people docomment on the resemblance often. "I don't see it that much, but peoplehave come up to us and said our son looks like Prince George," he added. "Theytell my wife all the time when she's out with him."
Prince George is known for his adorable photogenic moments Photo: Getty Images
And like the littlePrince, this tot has a lot of other similarities as well. First, he has a regalname, John III, and the family just so happens to live in a town called London (in Canada.) Little John even has a horse named after him! "We call himsmiling Johnny and my uncle-in-law races horses, and he registered that name forhis horse," added John. With only a 5-month age gap between the two,John's wife Leslie was also pregnant at the same time as Kate.
Little Johnny's father said his son and the Prince have similar personalities Photo: Getty Images
As new photos were released of George running around the polo match this weekend, John noted that his sonis just as expressive and happy as the Prince. "To our family, he's thehappiest baby," he noted. "When we go to picnics or family events orparties he's always happy and he's always smiling. It's nice to see that peopleare sharing his expression."
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