and preparations for ceremony on Saturday, we'd forgive you for forgetting that Princess Charlotte, third in the line of succession to the British throne, turns eight years old today.
As is tradition, Kensington Palace released a special birthday portrait of the princess, photographed by Charlotte's mum, Kate Middleton.
The official Twitter account of the Prince and Princess of Wales shared the photo on Monday evening, May 1, while the rest of us were patiently on the Met Gala carpet. (See Charlotte's photo .)In the photo, the princess wears a toothy grin, showing off her incoming adult teeth, and a white dress made of a Swiss dot fabric and embroidered with tiny flowers.
As has been , Charlotte is the spitting image of her dad, Prince William.Wow!By Though it is, of course, Charlotte's special day, much has been made about the birthday of her younger cousin, Prince Archie, mostly because his fourth birthday happens to fall on coronation day (May 6).
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