Either Prince George has been bingeing Riverdale on Netflix, or this whole anecdote we’re about to describe represents some sort of misunderstanding, because . . . this is an odd one!
Per The Sun, five-year-old George—son of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and third in line to the throne—was recently walking with his grandmother Carole Middleton near her house in Berkshire, when he struck up a conversation with a stranger. Per the outlet, George had been playing with his sister, three-year-old Princess Charlotte, in a stream, before approaching the stranger, a woman, who was accompanied by her dog.
According to the woman’s account, George was in a quite amiable mood. The woman, who has remained anonymous, told The Sun: “I was asked by a police minder not to take a photo of the children, which I didn’t, but George started stroking my dog.” What does one do when the most famous five-year-old in the world comes up to you and your dog and starts petting the animal? Well, in this woman’s case, she—understandably unsure what to say, probably—blurted out the first question that came to mind. “Just to be friendly, I engaged in a bit of small talk, and I asked George what his name was, even though obviously I knew it,” she said.
Why Archie?! As we wondered earlier, maybe George dressed as the comic-book character for Halloween last year, and this is sort of a residual “bit” he’s been doing since? The Daily Mail notes that George’s middle names are Alexander and Louis, so perhaps it’s possible Archie emerged as some sort of variation of Alexander? Or maybe it’s some sort of layered inside joke with Charlotte, where they pretend they’re “ordinary” kids with alternate normal lives when they come across strangers, just to amuse themselves.