King Charles and Queen Camilla mark Prince William's 43rd birthday by sharing photo of royal
King Charles and Queen Camilla have marked Prince William's 43rd birthday by sharing a photo of the royal on the Royal Family's Instagram page.
The monarch, 76, and wife Camilla, 77, posted the snap of the future king kneeling in a field on Saturday (21.06.25) as William turned 43, with the image also shared earlier this year during his visit to farmland owned by the Duchy of Cornwall in Bath.
Charles and Camilla captioned the snap, which showed William smiling as he sat on a rock wall: 'Happy Birthday to The Prince of Wales!'
The caption was followed by a balloon and confetti emoji to mark the celebration.
William has also marked his 43rd birthday with a furry celebration – posing for a new photograph alongside four black cocker spaniel puppies.
'It's a very happy birthday,' he said in a caption alongside a snap of him with his pets posted on his and wife Catherine's Instagram page.
He added: 'Love C, G, C, L, Orla and the puppies.'
The photograph, taken by Catherine, Princess of Wales, 43, earlier this month at Windsor, was shared on the Prince and Princess of Wales' official social media accounts on Friday (21.06.25) morning.
It showed the Prince of Wales surrounded by the playful pups, who were revealed last month by The Sun to be the offspring of the family's pet spaniel Orla.
The photo was posted with a caption featuring the initials of the couple's children – Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six – along with Orla, and two paw print emojis.
The new additions to the royal household were born earlier this year, though their names – and the identity of their father – have not yet been revealed.
According to The Sun, Orla, who joined the family in 2020, was originally a gift from Catherine's brother James Middleton, 37, a dog breeder who also bred their late dog Lupo and Orla's parents.
A source told The Sun at the time: 'Mother and babies are doing well.'
The couple's children are said to have quickly bonded with the puppies.
Last year, the Royal Family marked William's birthday by posting a childhood photo of the royal in his father's arms.
Catherine also shared a personal image at the time showing William enjoying time on a beach with their children.
The birthday celebration comes amid Catherine's ongoing return to public life following her cancer diagnosis.
She recently pulled out of her scheduled appearance at Royal Ascot, with Kensington Palace confirming her recovery remains the priority.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
News.com.au
2 hours ago
- News.com.au
‘Tell the truth!': Meghan Markle's new Palace swipe
Let's have us a list of royal bad habits then. Prince Philip couldn't pass up a spot of racially-tinged foot-in-mouth-itis. The late Queen had an untold pile of $900 scarves. Both King Charles and Prince William are known to not be averse to some yelling. This week came a reminder of Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex 's own unfortunate compulsion: Taking what look like swipes at her in-laws or, as we call them, the British royal family, five years after packing in Palace life. Still. The Duchess, you see, is in the midst of a PR rebooting which has seen her recently spend hours in front of other hosts' podcast mics and her heaving personal photos and videos of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex and their kids onto Instagram by the dozen, not least that burned-onto-the-back-of-our-retinas twerking clip. This week Meghan turned up on a new podcast from Skims co-founding partner Emma Grede, who asked her what she would do if she 'could rewrite your public narrative'. The Duchess replied: 'I would ask people to tell the truth'. 'My dear friend Serena [Williams], she told me years ago: 'A lie can't live forever,' and she later added, 'Eight years is a long time, but not forever'.' Eight years ago you say? Why, that just happens to take us back to peak-ripped jeans, cool-royal-girlfriend-2017 Meghan, when she was dating Harry and getting to know her in-laws and being introduced to royal life. Whatever might she mean? During the conversation with Grede, Meghan also referenced a time 'when I didn't feel as though I had as much of an opportunity to speak' and when she 'wasn't as empowered with my voice'. On returning to Instagram this year she said, 'It was a great way to get my voice back.' To be fair, it was all indirect and she was answering a question, but here we are in 2025 and the Duchess is still busting out lines eerily reminiscent of her 2021 Oprah interview when she compared herself to the Little Mermaid who 'falls in love with the prince and because of that, she has to lose her voice' but then 'gets her voice back.' Still, the 'tell the truth' line deftly managed to make headlines and cause a few waves right during what is arguably the biggest, showiest, week in the royal year. In quick succession we have had Trooping the Colour, the King's official birthday celebration, Garter Day in Windsor, the most exclusive gathering on Earth that requires a velvet cap, and the start of Royal Ascot, a five-day festival of horseflesh, hattery and Queen Camilla getting her bets on in between belts of champers. Not exactly great timing for the King that during what is usually a nice stretch of cheery publicity for Crown Inc his daughter-in-law is out there reminding the world of how deuced unpleasant she found her Palace stint. The end result is this week we have been presented with two competing images of royal life: Meghan's repeated claims over the years about the claustrophobia, rigidity and trauma of royalty and the sun-dappled, cheek-kissing, bust-out-the-pearls big family scene playing out at Trooping, Garter Day and Ascot. The weather might have been playing ball for the royal family through all this – less so the Sussexes. Meghan's comments come after months that have seen Montecito and London milestone moments colliding. Two things have been playing out in parallel. This year there has seen her boldly go where no duchess has gone before, trying to break into the closed shop flower sprinkle market and to fashion herself into the millennial Martha. Meanwhile, Charles too has been stepping things up, including his overseas schedule and doing his bit to maintain the special relationship between Downing Street and that reality star left in charge of the nuclear codes in Washington. These two agendas have been bumping up against one another. The Duchess' new podcast series Confessions of a Female Founder launched on April 8, right during Charles and Camilla's Italian State visit and a day before their 20th wedding anniversary. Meghan appeared on friend Jamie Kern Lima's podcast on April 28, her first solo guest appearance on another person's show, the day before William and Kate took themselves off to Scotland for their first multi-day official trip since her cancer diagnosis last year. (It was also their 14th wedding anniversary.) Harry has been getting in on the act. On May 2nd Buckingham Palace officially confirmed that the King and Queen were off to Canada for a major tour – the same day that Harry gave a 'scorched earth' interview to the BBC after losing the final round of a years-long court fight over the removal of his taxpayer funded security in 2020. The Palace, by all accounts, was thoroughly unimpressed. A senior courtier, according to the Telegraph, called Harry 'deluded' for thinking a TV interview might help relations with the royal family. An insider told the paper, 'Harry has simply lost touch with reality.' What does a King have to do to get a nice clear run of good publicity and no one deciding to sit in front of a blinking red light to unpack their emotional baggage? And you have to wonder, what are the chances that Harry and Meghan are anywhere near done? Speaking to Kern Lima, she left the door open to doing a tell-all of her own say, 'people are often curious if I'm going to write a memoir, but I've got a lot more life to live before I'm there.' So, not a no. And Harry, during his BBC sit-down, 'I've discovered that some people do want history to repeat itself, which is pretty dark' seeming to reference his mother Diana, Princess of Wales. Asked who this was, he replied: 'I'm not going to share that at this point.' It was impossible to miss those last three words – 'at this point'. It would seem we are still a long way off the Sussexes being done talking.
Perth Now
5 hours ago
- Perth Now
Royals mark Prince William's birthday by sharing photo
King Charles and Queen Camilla have marked Prince William's birthday by sharing a photo of the royal on the Royal Family's Instagram and X profiles. The monarch, 76, and wife Camilla, 77, posted the snap of the future king kneeling in a field on Saturday as William turned 43, with the image also shared earlier this year during his visit to farmland owned by the Duchy of Cornwall in Bath. Charles and Camilla captioned the snap, which showed William smiling as he sat on a rock wall: "Happy Birthday to The Prince of Wales!" The caption was followed by a balloon and confetti emoji to mark the celebration. William has also marked his 43rd birthday with a furry celebration - posing for a new photograph alongside four black cocker spaniel puppies. "It's a very happy birthday," he said in a caption alongside a snap of him with his pets posted on his and wife Catherine's Instagram page. He added: "Love C, G, C, L, Orla and the puppies." The photograph, taken by Catherine, Princess of Wales, 43, earlier this month at Windsor, was shared on the Prince and Princess of Wales' official social media accounts on Friday morning. It showed the Prince of Wales surrounded by the playful pups, who were revealed last month by The Sun to be the offspring of the family's pet spaniel Orla. The photo was posted with a caption featuring the initials of the couple's children - Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six - along with Orla. The new additions to the royal household were born earlier this year, although their names - and the identity of their father - have not yet been revealed. According to The Sun, Orla, who joined the family in 2020, was originally a gift from Catherine's brother James Middleton, 37, a dog breeder who also bred their late dog Lupo and Orla's parents. A source told The Sun at the time: "Mother and babies are doing well." The couple's children are said to have quickly bonded with the puppies. Last year, the Royal Family marked William's birthday by posting a childhood photo of the royal in his father's arms. Catherine also shared a personal image at the time showing William enjoying time on a beach with their children. The birthday celebration comes amid Catherine's ongoing return to public life following her cancer diagnosis. She recently pulled out of her scheduled appearance at Royal Ascot, with Kensington Palace confirming her recovery remains the priority.
The Advertiser
6 hours ago
- The Advertiser
Puppy love: royals post photo for William's birthday
Prince William's family have celebrated his birthday with a sweet puppy photograph. A new image, taken by William's wife Kate was posted on Instagram to mark his 43rd birthday on Saturday. It shows William sitting in a garden surrounded by the family dog, Cocker spaniel Orla and three of her four recently born puppies. The caption - signed by Catherine and their children Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte - says: "Happy birthday! Love C, G, C, L, Orla and the puppies!" Orla was a gift to the couple from Catherine's brother, James Middleton, in 2020, shortly after the death of their previous dog Lupo. William's father King Charles and stepmother Queen Camilla also marked the birthday with a message on the official account of the Royal Family. They shared a picture of William sitting on a stone wall as he visited farmers and food producers on the Duchy of Cornwall in May, with the message: "Happy Birthday to The Prince of Wales!" Prince William's family have celebrated his birthday with a sweet puppy photograph. A new image, taken by William's wife Kate was posted on Instagram to mark his 43rd birthday on Saturday. It shows William sitting in a garden surrounded by the family dog, Cocker spaniel Orla and three of her four recently born puppies. The caption - signed by Catherine and their children Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte - says: "Happy birthday! Love C, G, C, L, Orla and the puppies!" Orla was a gift to the couple from Catherine's brother, James Middleton, in 2020, shortly after the death of their previous dog Lupo. William's father King Charles and stepmother Queen Camilla also marked the birthday with a message on the official account of the Royal Family. They shared a picture of William sitting on a stone wall as he visited farmers and food producers on the Duchy of Cornwall in May, with the message: "Happy Birthday to The Prince of Wales!" Prince William's family have celebrated his birthday with a sweet puppy photograph. A new image, taken by William's wife Kate was posted on Instagram to mark his 43rd birthday on Saturday. It shows William sitting in a garden surrounded by the family dog, Cocker spaniel Orla and three of her four recently born puppies. The caption - signed by Catherine and their children Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte - says: "Happy birthday! Love C, G, C, L, Orla and the puppies!" Orla was a gift to the couple from Catherine's brother, James Middleton, in 2020, shortly after the death of their previous dog Lupo. William's father King Charles and stepmother Queen Camilla also marked the birthday with a message on the official account of the Royal Family. They shared a picture of William sitting on a stone wall as he visited farmers and food producers on the Duchy of Cornwall in May, with the message: "Happy Birthday to The Prince of Wales!" Prince William's family have celebrated his birthday with a sweet puppy photograph. A new image, taken by William's wife Kate was posted on Instagram to mark his 43rd birthday on Saturday. It shows William sitting in a garden surrounded by the family dog, Cocker spaniel Orla and three of her four recently born puppies. The caption - signed by Catherine and their children Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte - says: "Happy birthday! Love C, G, C, L, Orla and the puppies!" Orla was a gift to the couple from Catherine's brother, James Middleton, in 2020, shortly after the death of their previous dog Lupo. William's father King Charles and stepmother Queen Camilla also marked the birthday with a message on the official account of the Royal Family. They shared a picture of William sitting on a stone wall as he visited farmers and food producers on the Duchy of Cornwall in May, with the message: "Happy Birthday to The Prince of Wales!"
