Picture released of Princess Charlotte and pet dog Orla to mark seventh birthday
The young royal was snapped by the Duchess of Cambridge in Norfolk this weekend.
Princess Charlotte has been photographed with her arm around the family cocker spaniel in a picture taken to mark her seventh birthday.
The young royal, surrounded by bluebells, was snapped by the Duchess of Cambridge in Norfolk this weekend enjoying the outdoors.
Charlotte and pet dog Orla appear in one of three pictures released ahead of the princess turning seven on Monday.
A white collar with dark dots completes the casual knitwear look.
In the picture featuring Orla, the dog – who has a black shiny coat – is looking to its right while Charlotte grins towards the camera, holding flowers in her left hand.
In one of the other pictures Charlotte is sitting cross-legged, while in the final picture she is sitting with her arms around her knees.
William and Kate’s’s previous dog Lupo – a wedding present from Kate’s brother James – died in November 2020.
The couple announced the death of Lupo in a rare personal post on their Instagram account.
“(Lupo) has been at the heart of our family for the past nine years and we will miss him so much,” they said.
Kate is a keen amateur photographer, and in 2017 she accepted a lifetime honorary membership of the Royal Photographic Society which recognised her “talent and enthusiasm”.
She regularly releases images of her children to mark important occasions like birthdays.
Last year, a picture of Charlotte looking happy and relaxed in a floral summer dress was released to mark her sixth birthday.
The birthday girl’s full title is Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge.
She was born at the private maternity Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, central London, at 8.34am on May 2 2015, weighing 8lb 3oz.
Charlotte has been seen in public on two occasions recently.
On March 29 she was with her parents and George for the Duke of Edinburgh’s memorial service at Westminster Abbey for what was the Cambridge children’s first outing at a major church event.
