Like father, like son. A royal photographer sees Prince George taking after Prince William in his new birthday portrait. How? Not physically—although George does admittedly bear a striking resemblance to his dad—but in his personality.

George, the photographer said, looked “rather shy” in his birthday portrait, not unlike William in photos as a boy. Prince George’s photo to celebrate turning 11 The Prince of Wales and his wife, Kate Middleton , the Princess of Wales, both 42, continued their longstanding tradition of birthday portraits when George turned 11 on July 22, 2024. They marked the occasion with a new image of their oldest child, which Kate took earlier this month in Windsor, England.

(The Wales family of five—William, Kate, George, Princess Charlotte , and Prince Louis —lives at Adelaide Cottage near Windsor Castle.) In the black-and-white image, George is wearing a dark-hued blazer and white shirt, and he has a friendship bracelet on his left wrist. William and Kate shared the photo on their social media with the message: “Wishing Prince George a very happy 11th birthday today!” It comes after William and Kate kept up the tradition with 6-year-old Louis and 9-year-old Charlotte in April and May 2024, respectively, following Kate’s public apology for editing a family photo to mark Mother’s Day in the U.

K. taken by William. George is shy like young William in his birthday portrait Former royal photographer Ian Pelham-Turner, who photographed Wil.