Prince George is pictured smiling for the camera on a UK beach in a photograph released to mark his ninth birthday.
Behind the lens was his mother the Duchess of Cambridge who is well known for taking pictures of her children to mark their milestones.
Her son is shown beaming earlier this month while wearing a polo-style top with a sandy shoreline and water behind him.
The duchess is a keen amateur photographer, who in 2017 accepted a lifetime honorary membership of the Royal Photographic Society which recognised her “talent and enthusiasm”.
The young royal and future king turns nine on Friday and according to reports will start at Lambrook School in Ascot near Windsor Castle later this year.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are rumoured to be planning a move to Berkshire to be close to their son’s new school and the Queen.
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