
The British royal family is celebrating Princess Charlotte's 9th birthday with a new portrait taken by her mother, Kate Middleton. The image—shared to the official Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) accounts of the Prince and Princess of Wales on Thursday morning—shows Charlotte in a garden, smiling beside a pink flower bush. “Happy 9th Birthday, Princess Charlotte!,” the caption reads. “Thank you for all of the kind messages today.” The young princess is William and Kate’s second of three children, alongside her older brother Prince George, 10, and younger brother Prince...