The Wales children have paid a touching tribute to their father, Prince William, in honour of Father\u2019s Day, affectionately referring to him as \u201cPapa.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, in a departure from tradition, the Father\u2019s Day portrait was not taken by Kate Middleton, who is known for capturing many of the family\u2019s most personal moments.<\/p>\n
Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven, gathered closely around their father as they posed together for photographs that were shared on Instagram.<\/p>\n
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By continuing you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the photos captures the royal children, dressed in coordinated dark green outfits, smiling at the camera as the Prince of Wales gently rests his hands around their shoulders.<\/p>\n In another, more spontaneous shot, the children were piled on top of their father in a playful hug, laughing as they played together in a garden.<\/p>\n \u201cHappy Father\u2019s Day, Papa (before and after!), We love you! G, C & L,\u201d the caption read.<\/p>\n Josh Shinner, a regular royal family photographer, took both images on this occasion, sparking curiosity among royal watchers about why the Princess of Wales, who has long been known for capturing many of the family\u2019s intimate moments, did not take the photos this time.<\/p>\n Last year, the Princess shared one of her own photographs for Father\u2019s Day, capturing Prince William with George, Charlotte, and Louis on the Norfolk coast.<\/p>\n It marked the first time a message from all three children appeared on the royal family\u2019s social media accounts, a heartfelt tribute to their father that resonated deeply with fans.<\/p>\n \u201cCrying what a beautiful photo taken by Catherine,\u201d one person wrote in the comment section of the post.<\/p>\n Another said, \u201cWhat a beautiful picture taken by our talented Princess of Wales!! And the message from the kids is adorable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wales children have paid a touching tribute to their father, Prince William, in honour of Father\u2019s Day,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-193245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals","12":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114701988283186174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}