Thursday, October 23 marks 12 years since Prince George's christening, and the three-month old future King broke tradition with one element of his ceremony. In the past, members of the Royal Family chose other royals or high-ranking aristocrats to be their children's godparents. King Charles's godparents included everyone from Princess Margaret to the king of Norway, after all. But when it came time to choose Prince George's godparents, only one royal made the cut: Prince William's cousin, Zara Tindall.
Instead of choosing world leaders, Prince William and Princess Kate asked their close friends and former private secretary to be godparents, along with Princess Anne's only daughter (then Zara Phillips). Unlike the rest of their cousins, Zara, 44, and her brother Peter Phillips, 47, don't have royal titles—a move that was purposeful on Princess Anne's part to give them more opportunities in their careers.
