Princess Charlotte Looks So Grown Up In 9th Birthday Pic Taken By Kate Middleton
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00:00Princess Charlotte is almost double digits.
00:03The middle child of Prince William and Kate Middleton
00:05celebrated her ninth birthday on May 2nd
00:07with the Prince and Princess of Wales
00:08releasing her portrait, which was taken by Kate,
00:10on their official social media accounts,
00:12captioning the post,
00:13Happy ninth birthday, Princess Charlotte.
00:15Thank you for all the kind messages today.
00:17The royal couple has presumably had quite the festive week,
00:21as their youngest child, Prince Louis,
00:22also just celebrated his birthday
00:24a week prior on April 23rd, turning six.
00:27Kate and Will released Louis' official portrait
00:29to mark his special day,
00:30and noted that it was also taken by the Princess of Wales.
00:33Both Louis and Charlotte were all smiles in their photos.
00:35While Louis' was a closer-up shot,
00:37Charlotte shows off her stylish fit,
00:39posing next to flowers,
00:40that are likely a nod to her late great-grandmother,
00:42Queen Elizabeth II,
00:44as the pale pink blooms are reportedly known
00:46as Elizabeth Clematis, named after Her Majesty.
00:49The beaming nine-year-old also sports a red cardigan,
00:52navy blue pullover, and jean skirt.
00:54The cardigan is strikingly similar
00:55to the one the young princess wears
00:57from the edited photo that Kate released in March,
00:59which was flagged by photo news agencies
01:01over manipulation concerns.
01:03The Princess of Wales apologized shortly
01:04after the controversy,
01:05saying that like many amateur photographers,
01:07she occasionally experiments with editing.
01:09Following the ordeal
01:10and Kate's cancer diagnosis announcement,
01:12the royal family did not release any familial photos
01:15until Prince Louis' birthday last week.
01:17In late March, the Princess of Wales
01:18had publicly came forward in an emotional video
01:20in which she shared her diagnosis.
01:23It has been an incredibly tough couple of months
01:25for our entire family,
01:27but I've had a fantastic medical team
01:29who have taken great care of me,
01:31for which I'm so grateful.
01:33In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London,
01:37and at the time,
01:38it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous.
01:42The surgery was successful.
01:44However, tests after the operation
01:46found cancer had been present.
01:49My medical team therefore advised
01:51that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy,
01:54and I'm now in the early stages of that treatment.
01:58On April 30th, Prince William gave a welcome update
02:00to well-wishers about his family,
02:02saying they were all doing well.