Littlest royal just turned two, but his ‘rainbow’ brightens up the world
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s son Prince Louis has been photographed to mark his second birthday – making a rainbow tribute poster.
New photos of Prince Louis have been released by Kensington Palace to celebrate his second birthday. The Duchess of Cambridge/Kensington Palace via AP
Children across the UK have been creating rainbow pictures as a symbol of hope during the coronavirus lockdown to put in their windows.
Now Louis has joined the popular trend and was photographed by proud mother Kate at their Norfolk home earlier this month – with his rainbow-coloured, hands-on show.
The young prince will celebrate his second birthday on Thursday, and the fruits of his labour – a rainbow handprint picture – is one of five photographs released to mark the milestone.
PHOTO: The young prince shows off his brightly painted hands for the camera. (The Duchess of Cambridge/KensingtonPalace via AP)
Kate is a keen amateur photographer and patron of the Royal Photographic Society who has regularly released pictures she has taken of her other children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, to mark their birthdays.
Louis’ artwork is likely to be part of William and Kate’s home-schooling lessons, with the duchess guiltily admitting she kept the make-shift classroom up and running during the Easter holidays.
In a recent interview, she said she found teaching her children at home “challenging”, and added with a laugh “don’t tell the children we’ve actually kept it going through the holidays I feel very mean”.
Kate also revealed her surprise at her children’s awareness about the coronavirus outbreak, and she has tackled the subject with them in “age-appropriate” ways.
Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge, fifth in line to the throne, was born on St George’s Day, April 23, 2018, at the private Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London.
The handiwork of Prince Louis is on display with a rainbow handprint of the young royal. (The Duchess of Cambridge / Kensington Palace via AP)
Louis has rarely been seen in public – his most prominent outing was his first appearance on Buckingham Palace’s balcony, following the Trooping the Colour ceremony last summer, with his parents, siblings and other members of the royal family.
But he has featured in a number of images released by William and Kate and was even in a video with his older brother and sister applauding the nation’s health workers and carers.
