{"id":2385941,"date":"2026-04-23T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2385941"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:00:14","slug":"prince-william-and-kate-middleton-share-prince-louiss-8th-birthday-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-share-prince-louiss-8th-birthday-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William and Kate Middleton Share Prince Louis&#8217;s 8th Birthday Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<hr data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"1.0\">THE RUNDOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;\" data-node-id=\"2.0\">Prince Louis celebrated his 8th birthday on Thursday, April 23.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;\" data-node-id=\"2.1\">To mark the occasion, Kate Middleton and Prince William shared a birthday portrait of Louis to their joint Instagram account.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;\" data-node-id=\"2.2\">Louis posed against a backdrop of waves while on a boat and looked just like his mother in the photo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a43813565\/prince-louis-left-coronation-briefly-photographed-yawning\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a43813565\/prince-louis-left-coronation-briefly-photographed-yawning\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Prince Louis\" data-node-id=\"4.0\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">Prince Louis<\/a>, the youngest child of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a42571800\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a42571800\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-relationship-timeline\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Prince William and Kate Middleton\" data-node-id=\"4.2\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">Prince William and Kate Middleton<\/a>, has celebrated a major milestone. Louis turned 8 on Thursday, April 23; to mark the occasion, his mother and father shared a new portrait to Instagram.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The photo featured the young prince posing aboard a boat against a backdrop of blue waves. In the image, Louis wore a blue quarter-zip sweater with contrasting red trim at the sleeves by Boden\u2014a brand the Princess of Wales has previously worn\u2014and offered the camera a relaxed smile.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cHappy birthday, Louis! 8 today!\u201d the caption for the photo read. The Prince and Princess of Wales also added a red balloon emoji to the end of the caption in honor of their son\u2019s special day.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Louis\u2019s resemblance to his mother was visible in the picture. Royal sources agree, with a friend of Kate\u2019s previously telling <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/kate-middleton-jokes-prince-louis-is-the-only-one-who-looks-like-her-and-she-loves-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/kate-middleton-jokes-prince-louis-is-the-only-one-who-looks-like-her-and-she-loves-it\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"People\" data-node-id=\"9.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"9.1.0\">People<\/em><\/a> in 2020 that \u201ceveryone always comments on how Louis is the spitting image of Kate. She loves it and thinks it\u2019s very sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The source added, \u201cShe often jokes that he\u2019s the only one of her kids who actually looks like her!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">While the royal birthday traditions are often kept private, Kate has revealed that she sometimes gets behind the camera to take portraits of George, Charlotte, and Louis and also stays up late baking dessert for the kids the night before their birthdays.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cI love making the cake,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-middleton-birthday-cake-tradition-prince-george-princess-charlotte-prince-louis-8637419\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-middleton-birthday-cake-tradition-prince-george-princess-charlotte-prince-louis-8637419\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Kate said during A Berry Royal Christmas special in 2019\" data-node-id=\"12.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">Kate said during <em data-node-id=\"12.1.1\">A Berry Royal Christmas<\/em> special in 2019<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s become a bit of a tradition that I stay up \u2019til midnight with ridiculous amounts of cake mix and icing, and I make far too much. But I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Louis might be another year older, but Kate can\u2019t help but see him as the child he was just after he was born. \u201cI keep thinking Louis is a baby, but he\u2019s a big boy now,\u201d she said while meeting young children during a 2022 visit to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/20221005153347\/princess-of-wales-royal-surrey-county-hospital-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/20221005153347\/princess-of-wales-royal-surrey-county-hospital-visit\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"the Royal Surrey County Hospital\" data-node-id=\"13.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">the Royal Surrey County Hospital<\/a>. \u201cIt just feels like yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-yj5rqk e94w1mj13\">\n<h2 class=\"css-lqkpv4 e94w1mj11\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 e68yk9k0\"\/><span class=\"css-0 e94w1mj10\">More on Prince Louis<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 e68yk9k1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.elle.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE RUNDOWN Prince Louis celebrated his 8th birthday on Thursday, April 23. To mark the occasion, Kate Middleton and Prince William shared a birthday portrait of Louis to their joint Instagram account. Louis posed against a backdrop of waves while on a boat and looked just like his mother in the photo. 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