Prince William and Kate Middleton share family pic with George, Charlotte and Louis for Mother’s Day
The Royal Family celebrated their first Mother’s Day without the Queen with a series of touching posts on social media.
The Prince and Princess of Wales have shared sweet new family photos of Kate spending quality time with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to mark Mother’s Day.
Posting to their Instagram account this morning, the royal couple shared two images of Kate with her children at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk last year.
The first portrait, taken by photographer Matt Porteous, shows the Princess of Wales and her three children sitting in a tree.
The Princess of Wales is dressed casually in a white blouse, jeans and white sneakers and has her hair styled in her trademark loose waves.
The royal couple shared two images of Kate with her children at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk last year.
Meanwhile, her two sons dressed in blue shorts and short-sleeved shirts for the photo shoot, while Charlotte donned a jean jumpsuit trimmed with red tassels.
The second image shows Kate lovingly cradling her youngest son, four-year-old Prince Louis, in her arms.
As she smiles at him, Louis is seen adorably holding his mother’s hand.
The couple captioned the post: “Happy Mother’s Day from our family to yours.”
The newly released images were taken on the same day as her Christmas card from last year.
For this family photo shoot, Kate and William turned to their favorite and most trusted photographer, Matt Porteous.
The environmental photographer previously captured the image they used for their 2021 Christmas card, as well as Prince George’s third birthday portraits.
The Prince and Princess of Wales post has already amassed 90,000 likes and fans were quick to admire the sweet images.
The second image shows Kate lovingly cradling her youngest son, four-year-old Prince Louis, in her arms.
The Prince and Princess of Wales post has already amassed 90,000 likes and fans were quick to admire the sweet images.
The new photos were taken on the same day as the family’s Christmas card photo shoot at the Sandringham estate last year.
One replied: ‘Happy Mother’s Day Princess of Wales and to all the Mothers celebrating today. Beautiful pictures!’
Another said: “Happy Mother’s Day to the biggest inspiration when it comes to motherhood.”
“What beautiful photos,” said a third. “Wishing a very happy Mother’s Day to the Princess of Wales.”
Today, King Charles marked the first Mother’s Day without the Queen by sharing a heartwarming childhood photo with his ‘beloved mum’.
The 74-year-old monarch and the queen consort Camila, 75, showed this morning on their Instagram account their support for other people who have lost their parents.
The first image in their joint post showed King Charles as a toddler standing on his mother’s lap as they posed for a photo.
The Queen Consort shared this image of herself and her mother Rosalind, who passed away at the age of 72 in 1994, to mark Mother’s Sunday.
The royal couple showed their support for others mourning their loved ones this Mother’s Sunday.
Charles and Camilla captioned the post: “To all moms everywhere, and to those who may be missing their moms today, we’re thinking of you and wishing you a special Mother’s Day.”
The first image in their joint post showed King Charles as a toddler standing on his mother’s lap as they posed for a photo.
Wearing a white collared gown, the blonde monarch smiled for the camera and shook hands with her mother in the undated photo.
Meanwhile, the queen, who was Princess Elizabeth at the time, looked radiant in a form-fitting gray dress and pearl necklace.
Smiling in the distance, Her Majesty, who was just 22 when she had King Charles, had brown hair styled in her trademark curls and wore light orange lipstick.
Today marks King Charles’ first Mother’s Sunday without his ‘beloved mother’, who died at the age of 96 last September.
Sarah Ferguson, 63, spoke about how proud she was of Princess Beatrice, 34, and Princess Eugenie, 32, in an Instagram post. She shared a snapshot of the two princesses taken in 2001, on their way to a service to mark the late Duke of Edinburgh’s 80th birthday in Windsor.
The royal author called Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice her ‘always and forever sunshine’ in the sweet post.
The royal, commonly known as Fergie, spoke about how proud she is of the women and mothers her daughters have become.
In the moving post, Queen Consort Camilla also shared a touching photo with her late mother Rosalind Shand, who sadly passed away in 1994.
The image, which is from Camilla’s private family collection, shows the royal dressed in a bright red jacket and gold necklace as she smiles alongside her late mother.
Rosalind, who was the daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe, also looked glamorous in a polka-dot blouse, bird-shaped brooch and pearl earrings.
Charles and Camilla captioned the post: “To all moms everywhere, and to those who may be missing their moms today, we’re thinking of you and wishing you a special Mother’s Day.”
The post has amassed over 240,000 likes since it was uploaded in the early hours of this morning, with real fans showing their support in the comments.
Additionally, Sarah Ferguson paid tribute to her daughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, in an effusive Mother’s Day post.
The Duchess of York, 63, affectionately referred to Princess Beatrice, 34, and Princess Eugenie, 32, as her ‘sunshine’ on Instagram.
The proud mother shared a throwback photo of her daughters arriving at their late grandfather Prince Philip’s 80th birthday celebrations in Windsor in 2001.
She wrote: ‘I am so proud of my daughters and the beautiful women and mothers they have become. I feel extremely blessed to call them my own.
‘My darlings, you are my sunshine always and forever. #Happy Mother’s Day.’