{"id":202655,"date":"2025-06-21T13:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T13:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202655\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T13:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T13:41:13","slug":"prince-william-celebrates-43rd-birthday-with-love-from-kate-kids-and-a-message-from-king-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202655\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William celebrates 43rd birthday with love from Kate, kids\u2014and a message from King Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PrinceCredit: Instagram\/@princeandprincessofwales Prince William turned 43 on Saturday, June 21, and the royal family made sure it was a celebration filled with warmth, laughter, and heartfelt tributes.Leading the birthday wishes was Kate Middleton, 43, who shared a sweet family moment on Instagram featuring the Prince of Wales surrounded by their puppies. The photo, taken by the Princess herself earlier this month, radiated joy and simplicity.\u201cHappy birthday! Love C, G, C, L, Orla and the puppies! \ud83d\udc3e\u201d she captioned the post, referring to herself, their children\u2014Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7\u2014as well as their beloved dog Orla and her newly born pups.Just last month, Orla gave birth to a litter of puppies, adding more excitement to the family\u2019s home. \u201cEveryone loves a new royal baby news and so new royal puppies run very close,\u201d an insider told The Sun.Orla has been part of the family since 2020, a gift from Kate\u2019s brother, James Middleton, after his dog Luna had a litter of six.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Instagram\/@theroyalfamily<\/p>\n

King Charles III also marked the day with a public birthday tribute to his eldest son. On the royal family\u2019s Instagram Stories and X account, the monarch shared a photo of Prince William seated in a field, dressed in a light blue shirt and navy trousers.\u201cHappy birthday to the Prince of Wales!\u201d the caption read simply but warmly.The King\u2019s message came just days after the Wales children melted hearts with a Father\u2019s Day post on June 15. The before-and-after photos showed a candid moment with William and his kids: one posed image under a cherry tree, followed by a playful picture of them tumbling into laughter.\u201cHappy Father\u2019s Day, Papa (before and after!) We love you! G, C & L \ud83d\udc96,\u201d the children wrote in their post.Photographer Josh Shinner, who has worked with the Princess of Wales before, captured both the Father’s Day and Prince Louis’ 7th birthday portraits\u2014believed to be taken on the same day.<\/p>\n

Busy royal week for the birthday prince<\/p>\n

Prince William’s birthday capped off a packed week of royal engagements. He played a prominent role in Trooping the Colour, riding on horseback in full ceremonial uniform alongside Princess Anne and the Duke of Edinburgh.\"prince<\/p>\n

Credit: Instagram\/@princeandprincessofwales<\/p>\n

Later in the week, he was spotted at Royal Ascot and participated in the Order of the Garter service at Windsor, walking with other senior royals in the traditional procession.Despite the public fanfare, William traditionally celebrates his birthday privately with Kate and their children. Last year, Kensington Palace shared a playful photo from the family archives: William, George, Charlotte, and Louis jumping off a sand dune on a Norfolk beach. \u201cHappy birthday Papa, we all love you so much! Cx,\u201d Kate wrote in the caption.This year\u2019s birthday was especially meaningful, coming during a time of healing for the family. The Princess of Wales is currently in remission after undergoing cancer treatment earlier this year, while King Charles continues his own health journey.In a year William once described as \u201cbrutal,\u201d the messages of love and togetherness shared on his birthday stood as a testament to resilience\u2014and the enduring strength of family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Instagram\/@princeandprincessofwales Prince William turned 43 on Saturday, June 21, and the royal family made sure it was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,533,1760,81759,81314,2831,48014,7710,519],"class_list":{"0":"post-202655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-charles","10":"tag-charles-iii","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-king-charles","13":"tag-king-charles-birthday-message","14":"tag-prince-william-birthday","15":"tag-princess-of-wales","16":"tag-royal-engagements","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202655","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=202655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}