Prince George is celebrating his ninth birthday, marking the end of what has been his busiest year as a working royal yet.To celebrate the milestone, George was seen flashing a cheeky grin in a brand new portrait, shot by his mother Kate Middleton, on a UK beach.
Although we will probably never know what really goes on behind Palace walls on the birthday of a future monarch, royal biographer Katie Nicholl tells OK!
that the Duchess of Cambridge will have pulled out all of the stops to make it a "really special" day for she and Prince William's firstborn.
She said: "George’s birthday falls in the school holidays so I would imagine it will be celebrated at Anmer Hall and, in keeping with past birthdays, it’s usually spent with friends and family and is a pretty low key affair. "Kate bakes a cake and they have people round to the house.There’s a focus on just being at home with those nearest and dearest," she adds. "They aren’t spoilt with presents, they never go over the top but George will have had a wish list and would have had lots of lovely presents to open up on his birthday." In the candid new snap, George looks like any other happy nine year old as he beams into the camera, wearing a casual blue polo t-shirt while standing on the beach.
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