Prince George, third in line to the throne, turns 2 today.

[naviga:h3]Prince George marks birthday[/naviga:h3]

LONDON — Prince George celebrates his second birthday today and while he’s just a toddler, he’s already made an impression as a doting elder brother, a magnet to cameras and even a budding fashion trendsetter.

The royal couple is expected to celebrate his birthday privately at Anmer Hall, their country home on Queen Elizabeth II’s Sandringham Estate.

George, who is third in line to the throne, has attracted huge media attention since his birth on July 22, 2013.

[naviga:h3]Quran parchment goes way back[/naviga:h3]

LONDON — The University of Birmingham says new scientific tests on a Quran parchment place it close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad.

The university said today that radiocarbon dating has put the parchment among one of the oldest known manuscripts of the Muslim holy book known to survive.

The analysis dated the parchment close to the time of the prophet, who is generally believed to have lived between 570 and 632.

The manuscript has long been part of the university’s Cadbury Research Library.

But it had not been bound properly and was attached to the leaves of a similar manuscript that was not as old.

Professor David Thomas says the finding could well “take us back to within a few years of the actual founding of Islam.”