London: Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Catherine, have thanked the public for their messages on the sixth birthday of their youngest son, Louis.
The Prince and Princess of Wales also issued a picture of Louis on social media to mark the occasion, showing a close-up image of the beaming young prince.
“Happy 6th Birthday, Prince Louis! Thank you for all the kind wishes today,” their office, Kensington Palace, said on X.
Prince Louis in a picture taken by his mother, Catherine, Princess of Wales, earlier this week in Windsor to mark his 6th birthday.Credit: Handout/AP
The picture was taken by Catherine in Windsor where the family lives. Louis is the youngest of their three children. Prince George is 10 and Princess Charlotte will celebrate her ninth birthday next month.
Kensington Palace has for some years released photographs taken by Catherine, a keen amateur photographer, to mark birthdays and other family occasions.
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However, a picture issued on Mother’s Day in the UK in March was withdrawn by a number of news organisations, including Reuters and AP, because it had been edited, something for which Catherine later apologised.
That occurred shortly before the princess revealed she was having preventative chemotherapy after tests carried out in the wake major abdominal surgery she underwent in January revealed that cancer had been present.
Heir to the throne William has only just returned to official duties since that announcement, and Catherine herself will only return to the public spotlight when her medical team say she is well enough to do so.