Princess Charlotte Is a 'Copy and Paste' of Prince William in 9th Birthday Portrait Taken by Princess Kate
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge pose for a photograph as they visit Sportsid House at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on August 02, 2022 in Birmingham, England. The Duchess became the Patron of SportsAid in 2013, Team England Futures programme is a partnership between SportsAid, Sport England and Commonwealth Games England which will see around 1,000 talented young athletes and aspiring support staff given the opportunity to attend the Games and take a first-hand look behind-the-scenes. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Princess Charlotte seems to favor her father more and more every day.
The only daughter of the Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Kate Middleton, is just one year away from double digits, and she's celebrating with a big grin in her newest official portrait, taken, as is tradition, by her mother—and fans are joking that "[Prince] William said copy and paste" before she was born.
In the sweet new snap, uploaded to the couple's official Instagram account on Thursday, May 2, the princess, who is currently third in line for the throne, smiles brightly for the camera on a sunny morning, her right arm propped against a floral bush that is almost as tall as she is.
She wears a navy blue sweater over a floral blouse with a ruffled collar poking out, underneath a red cardigan, paired with a denim skirt over blue tights or leggings. Her blonde hair, which has grown out to about the length of her elbows, was left to hang loosely.
"Happy 9th Birthday, Princess Charlotte! ??," the caption read, going on to thank fans for "all the kind messages" they've sent the young royal for her special day and crediting Middleton, who became the first royal mother to take her children's official portraits in 2015, for the photo.
Plenty were stunned by the royal lookalikes, with one observing that Charlotte is "[William's] mini all the way" and another calling her "a carbon copy of her daddy ??."
Most of the rest of the comments were flooded with additional well wishes.
Princess Charlotte's big day comes just a few after her parents celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary, sharing a new photo from their wedding ceremony that left fans feeling startled when they first saw it, and barely two weeks after her little brother Louis' 6th birthday—whom fans say it Middleton's "own copy and paste."
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