Prince Louis birthday photo released as young royal turns 7
Prince Louis has shown off a gap-toothed grin in a photograph released to mark his seventh birthday.
The Prince and Princess of Wales shared the portrait of their son on social media. The snap was taken in a woodland scene filled with bluebells while the family were in Norfolk last month.
It was taken by the photographer Josh Shinner, who has shot the family several times before. He was behind the camera for their Christmas card in 2023.
Louis, the youngest child of William and Kate, has been known for his cheeky outbursts at royal events, from pulling funny faces at the Trooping the Colour in 2023 to intentionally blowing out his sister Charlotte's candle at his mother's Christmas carol concert that year.
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