Prince William Steps Out on Prince Louis' 8th Birthday to See the Future of Race Cars
Prince William Steps Out on Prince Louis' 8th Birthday to See the Future of Race Cars
Janine HenniThu, April 23, 2026 at 11:27 AM UTC
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Prince William at British Formula E team, Jaguar TCS Racing, Kidlington, UK on April 23Credit: Andrew Parsons / Kensington Palace -
Prince William visited Jaguar TCS Racing to highlight their innovations in sustainability and electric motorsport on Prince Louis' birthday
The visit included a tour of the facility and meetings with engineers and Formula E drivers Mitch Evans and António Félix da Costa
Prince William and Kate Middleton's youngest son is celebrating his 8th birthday on Thursday, April 23
Prince William is speeding into a special day for his son, Prince Louis.
Prince William and Kate Middleton's youngest child turned 8 on April 23, and the Prince of Wales stepped out for a solo royal duty that morning.
William, 43, paid a visit to the headquarters of the British Formula E team, Jaguar TCS Racing, in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, making the trip to highlight the hub's approach to electrification, innovation and sustainability.
Prince William checks out the Formula E Jaguar on April 23, 2026Credit: Andrew Parsons / Kensington Palace
Sustainable innovation is a key interest for the Prince of Wales, who is a passionate advocate for the natural world like his father, King Charles, and founded the prestigious Earthshot Prize contest in 2020 to accelerate environmental change through the next decade.
Formula E is the first all-electric international single-seater championship in the world and is considered to be the fastest-growing motorsport series. It is the first sport to be certified with a net-zero carbon footprint since its inception in 2014, and in January, it became the first global sport to achieve a B Corp Certification, a prestigious social and environmental performance standard.
Prince William being shown around the facility in Kidlington, U.K. on April 23, 2026Credit: Andrew Parsons / Kensington Palace
Jaguar TCS Racing has competed in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, electric racing's pinnacle event, for a decade, and cinched more victories than any other team in Formula E history.
On Thursday, the Prince of Wales got to see its headquarters for himself, touring the state-of-the-art facility and meeting everyone from engineers and graduates to decorated Formula E Jaguar drivers Mitch Evans and António Félix da Costa.
Prince William also got a close look at how the Jaguar team designs, develops and manufactures their I-TYPE 7 and future race cars in-house, and also stepped into the remote operations room from where Jaguar TCS Racing engineers support their colleagues on the track.
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The Prince of Wales made the outing on his youngest son's 8th birthday. Prince William and Princess Kate are parents to Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and birthday boy Prince Louis, whose bright personality is known to shine at royal events.
"He's a cheeky monkey — a typical third child," someone who knows the family previously told PEOPLE.
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Louis' 8th birthday falls a few days after the 100th anniversary of his late great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth's birth on April 21.
On Tuesday, the Prince and Princess of Wales joined King Charles, Queen Camilla and other working royal family members at a Buckingham Palace bash commemorating the late Queen's centenary, welcoming representatives from some of her hundreds of patronages and individuals celebrating their 100th birthdays on April 21.
While Prince William was out and about for royal duty on Prince Louis' birthday, the young royal had a more relatable obligation on the calendar: school!
The children all attend the Lambrook School in Windsor, which resumed classes this week after a break.
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