Royal dads

The delightful photos taken by the Duchess of Cambridge to celebrate Father’s Day offer a rare glimpse of family life behind palace walls, writes Juliet Rieden.

- Juliet Rieden.

The Duchess of Cambridge has been taking photos of her family for official release since 2015. But two new posts of portraits to celebrate Father’s Day in the UK – which also coincided with Prince William’s 38th birthday – capture unique family moments of joy, as well as matching the professionals in their composition.

The first set were snapped in lockdown at home at the family’s country pile, Anmer Hall, in Norfolk. They show Prince William and the couple’s three children (all left), Princes George, six, and Louis, two, and Princess Charlotte, five, rolling around in a stacks-on with their father, and then posing together on a rustic wooden swing.