Princess Charlotte photo released to mark 10th birthday
A new photograph showing a smiling Princess Charlotte has been released by Kensington Palace to mark her 10th birthday.The image was taken by her mother Catherine, Princess of Wales, using an iPhone, during a trip to Cumbria earlier this year.Charlotte is Prince William and Kate's second child and the third in line to the throne.Because of changes in 2013 to the rules concerning the order of succession, which no longer prioritises male heirs above female, Charlotte, born in 2015, became the first British princess to rank above a younger brother.
The names given to the princess - Charlotte Elizabeth Diana - include references to her grandmother Diana and great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II.The personal portrait comes just over a week after a similar image was released to mark Prince Louis' seventh birthday.
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