The Queen of England’s public birthday celebration, Trooping the Color, has everything a royal-watcher could ask for: high fashion on our two favorite duchesses, handsome princes in uniform, copious amounts of royal waving, and tiny royals doing delightful little-kid things from the regal Buckingham Palace balcony. Speaking of, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, along with cousins Savannah and Isla Phillips (daughters of Princess Anne’s son Peter), totally stole the show when the royal family gathered at Buckingham Palace to watch the military flyover. (Prince Louis was not in attendance, unfortunately.)

It’s partly thanks to what might just be this year’s best GIF. Savannah’s shushing of Prince George—complete with a no-nonsense face to beat them all—went viral.

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And she quickly got some new Twitter fans:

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Of course, Gary Janetti, whose Instagram posts about Prince George have become a bit of an Internet sensation themselves, weighed in with a two-part ‘gram.

Overall, the royal children seemed to have a blast—look at those excited faces.

But the excitement might have been too much for one of the junior royals: Princess Charlotte had a classic toddler tantrum at one point. Luckily, Kate was right there to comfort her through her tears.

Even princesses need mom hugs.

Today’s festivities might have been new for Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex—this was her first such occasion—but not so much for Prince Harry and Prince William. They’ve had their share of silly moments on the balcony over the years, as seen here at Trooping the Color in 1988 and 1989.

Here’s 1988:

…and ’89:

It’s all just further proof that no matter whether they’re royal or not, kids are always gonna kid.

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