Following tradition, the Prince and Princess of Wales have shared a new picture of Prince Louis to mark his birthday today – but in one change, the snap was not taken by Kate
The Prince and Princess of Wales have shared a brand new picture of Prince Louis to mark his birthday – but it wasn’t taken by keen photographer Kate. It has become tradition for pictures of her children taken by the princess to be released on their birthdays. However, the snap shared of Louis today to mark his seventh birthday was taken by professional Josh Shinner.
It is a marked change as last year’s photo shared of Louis for his sixth birthday was taken by his mum. As were the portraits shared of Princess Charlotte and Prince George for their birthdays last year.
However, there have been several occasions when Prince William and Kate have released photos by photographers they have worked with in the past to mark their children’s birthdays. For example, Louis’ fifth birthday snap was taken by photographer Millie Pilkington as the snap featured Kate herself.
Last year, Kate came under scrutiny following a photo released on Mother’s Day last year, which included a photo of her and her children said to have been taken by William in Windsor.
Questions were raised that the image – the first of the princess to have been released after she underwent abdominal surgery a few weeks earlier – may have been manipulated before it was posted on social media. It was withdrawn by international picture agencies later the same day. Kate publicly took the blame for the manipulated photograph and issued a personal apology for the “confusion”. However, she has continued to take and share photos of her family.
