{"id":882689,"date":"2026-06-21T12:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/882689\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:22:18","slug":"prince-william-pictured-in-off-duty-papa-moment-with-lookalike-daughter-princess-charlotte-to-mark-44th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/882689\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William pictured in off-duty \u2018papa\u2019 moment with lookalike daughter Princess Charlotte to mark 44th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/prince-william\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Prince of Wales;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Prince of Wales&quot;}\">The Prince of Wales<\/a> has marked his 44th birthday by releasing a never-before-seen picture with his daughter, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/princess-charlotte\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Princess Charlotte;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Princess Charlotte&quot;}\">Princess Charlotte<\/a>, 11. Kensington Palace released the portrait on Sunday morning, marking both his birthday and Father&#8217;s Day with a touching tribute to his role as a devoted dad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The heartwarming photo showed William beaming with his arm around his daughter in the Kensington Palace gardens after returning from Trooping the Colour on 13 June. The Prince and Princess of Wales were joined by their three children \u2013 Prince George, 12, Charlotte, and Prince Louis, eight \u2013 on the Buckingham Palace balcony at Trooping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the caption, the message read: &#8220;Happy birthday and Father&#8217;s Day to the best Papa in the World! We love you very much. C, G, C &amp; L [pink hearts],&#8221; it was signed off with the Princess of Wales, George, Charlotte and Louis&#8217; initials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The heartwarming image offers a rare insight into the Wales family&#8217;s private life and showcases the close relationship the future King shares with his children.<\/p>\n<p>You may also like<\/p>\n<ol class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-decimal\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-decimal\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-decimal\"\/><\/ol>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Coincidentally, William&#8217;s birthday also falls on the same day as his in-laws Carole and Michael Middleton&#8217;s wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Prince of Wales was born on 21 June, 1982 at St. Mary&#8217;s Hospital, Paddington, London, the same hospital where his wife Kate gave birth to both their children.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Prince Louis waved enthusiastically to the crowds\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3a2aab0a24a83435e047475c8f11454f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The post on William&#8217;s birthday was signed by the Princess of Wales and their three children (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">William traditionally marks his birthday privately with Kate and their three children. This year&#8217;s celebration comes at the end of a busy week of royal engagements and announcements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier in the week, he and the <a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/princess-kate-duchess-sophie-execute-161307828.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Princess of Wales attended Garter Day;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Princess of Wales attended Garter Day&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Princess of Wales attended Garter Day<\/a> and then shortly afterwards confirmed that their eldest son, Prince George of Wales, 12, <a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/prince-georges-future-school-finally-112236925.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:will attend Eton College;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;will attend Eton College&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will attend Eton College<\/a> from September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Just days earlier, the Wales family joined King Charles for Trooping the Colour, where crowds gathered along The Mall to catch a glimpse of the royals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Wednesday, William and Kate also made a stylish appearance at Royal Ascot, before the father-of-three visited the Apricot Centre the following day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prince of Wales has marked his 44th birthday by releasing a never-before-seen picture with his daughter, Princess&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":882690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[358492,185,171,357409,89958,4171,4172,4170,4173,315155,358490,358491,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-882689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-44th-birthday","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-father39s-day","tag-kensington-palace","tag-prince-george","tag-prince-louis","tag-prince-william","tag-princess-charlotte","tag-princess-of-wales","tag-the-prince-of-wales","tag-trooping-the-colour","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116788079684797194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}