A HAPPY, CONFIDENT YOUNG ROYAL

Celebrating her 10th birthday, Princess Charlotte is a 'kind soul' just like her great-grandmother

- JACKIE BROWN

Sporty and smiley, Princess Charlotte embraced turning 10 this year, her milestone birthday photo revealing an active young woman with an affinity for the outdoors. Prince William and Kate's daughter was pictured on a hike in Cumbria, dressed in a camouflage jacket with a backpack on her shoulders, her long hair pulled back into a ponytail.

The portrait, taken by her mom on an iPhone during a family day out, offered a refreshing contrast to the more-formal images traditionally released for royal birthdays. It showed a contented, assured young princess coming into her own and her adoring public loved it.