{"id":2386040,"date":"2026-04-23T16:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2386040"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:02:30","slug":"prince-louis-resembles-prince-george-in-8th-birthday-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-louis-resembles-prince-george-in-8th-birthday-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Louis Resembles Prince George in 8th Birthday Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-louis\/\"><strong>Prince Louis<\/strong><\/a> is celebrating his 8th birthday on the water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy birthday, Louis!\u201d the official Prince and Princess of Wales Instagram account captioned a photo of the young royal on Thursday, April 23. \u201c8 today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prince William<\/strong> and <strong>Princess Kate Middleton<\/strong>\u2019s youngest son was all smiles as he stood with his arms crossed with a body of water surging behind him. Louis wore a dark blue knit half-zip in the image.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4317805\" style=\"width: 772px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:132.57142857143%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Prince Louis<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Matt Porteous<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Royal watchers couldn\u2019t help but comment on how much Louis looked like his older brother, <strong>Prince George<\/strong>. (Along with Louis and George, 12, William and Kate are also the parents of daughter <strong>Princess Charlotte<\/strong>, 10.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>King Charles III<\/strong> and <strong>Queen Camilla<\/strong>\u2019s Instagram account shared the photo with a birthday message of their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy Birthday to Prince Louis!\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>William and Kate\u2019s Instagram account <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXeSadajdvH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also posted a video of Louis at the beach<\/a> for his big day. The short clip featured the youngster wearing a wetsuit after taking a dive in the water. He could also be seen playing cricket on the beach and running around in the sand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for all the birthday wishes for Prince Louis,\u201d the video\u2019s caption read. \u201c8 is great!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/prince-louis-royal-baby-album\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Feature-Prince-Louis-Baby-Album.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Feature Prince Louis Baby Album\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Feature-Prince-Louis-Baby-Album.jpg?quality=78&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/prince-louis-royal-baby-album\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Prince Louis Through the Years: See How the Royal Family Member Has Grown<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPrince William and Princess Kate Middleton welcomed their third child, Prince Louis, on April 23, 2018. The couple has been giving royal watchers a glimpse at their son since his first public appearance when Kate stepped foot outside of the Lindo Wing at St. Mary\u2019s Hospital in London. As he\u2019s grown up in the spotlight, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>William, 43, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-william-gives-update-on-prince-louis-learning-the-drums\/\">referred to his youngest son<\/a> as \u201ca character\u201d during a September 2025 outing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a very good boy,\u201d the Prince of Wales added while visiting the National Federation of Women\u2019s Institute (WI) at the time. William also said Louis loves to \u201cwind his brother and sister up\u201d at home.<\/p>\n<p>The late Princess Diana\u2019s astrologer, <strong>Debbie Frank<\/strong>, referred to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-louis-is-prince-william-and-kate-middletons-wild-child\/\">Louis as a \u201cwild child\u201d<\/a> while speaking with <em>Hello! Magazine<\/em> in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrince Louis, like his sister Princess Charlotte and his great grandmother, <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong>, is a Sun sign Taurus. Yet Louis is born to be his own person,\u201d Frank said at the time. \u201cHis birth chart doesn\u2019t share the astrological blueprint usually associated with the steadfast, sensible sign of Taurus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cHe is likely to shake things up, add some mischief and disruption into the mix.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank noted that Louis will have a \u201crather different life purpose than his siblings,\u201d based on his place in the birth order.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhich is just as well, as he wants to do things his way,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd he has a willful streak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Louis has gone viral on several occasions over the years for his antics, which have been caught on camera at royal family events.<\/p>\n<p>Frank called Louis a \u201cbreath of fresh air\u201d who \u201cprovides some light relief from the stiff and staid royal line-up.\u201d She added, \u201cHe is a crowd pleaser even though he breaks the royal mold.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Louis is celebrating his 8th birthday on the water. \u201cHappy birthday, Louis!\u201d the official Prince and Princess of Wales Instagram account captioned a photo of the young royal on Thursday, April 23. \u201c8 today!\u201d Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton\u2019s youngest son was all smiles as he stood with his arms crossed with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2386041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[24003,21738,22091],"class_list":["post-2386040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news","tag-the-royals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prince-Louis-Resembles-Prince-George-in-8th-Birthday-Photo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386042,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386040\/revisions\/2386042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}