Prince Louis is cuddled by big sister Princess Charlotte in touching pictures of his first days at home

Hatty Collier6 May 2018

Princess Charlotte cuddles her new baby brother in touching pictures of Prince Louis’s first days at home.

Proud parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released the photographs which were taken by Kate when the newest member of the royal family was just a few days old.

Louis, born on April 23, is pictured in a white outfit propped up on top of a white frilly cushion on a seat at the family residence in Kensington Palace, London.

The baby prince is not looking at the camera, but is wide-eyed and staring at something to the side.

Newborn Prince Louis during his first days at home at Kensington Palace (PA)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

A second photograph shows Louis receiving a tender kiss from his sister Princess Charlotte, taken by their mother on May 2, Charlotte's third birthday.

Louis appears to be sleeping soundly, as Charlotte puts a protective arm around her baby sibling and plants a kiss on his forehead.

It is the first time Louis has been seen since Kate and William introduced him to the world on the steps at the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, just hours after he was born.

The last time the public saw Charlotte was when she arrived at St Mary's Hospital with her father, the Duke of Cambridge, and her older brother Prince George, to meet the latest addition to the Cambridge family.

Princess Charlotte plants a kiss on her newborn baby brother Prince Louis in this adorable snap taken by their mother (PA)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

A confident Charlotte turned to wave at the photographers as she led the way up the steps holding William's hand, while four-year-old George appeared more wary of the huge crowds of media.

Prince William and Kate with their third child Prince Louis (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
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George does not appear in the two photographs released by Kensington Palace. The photos of Charlotte and Louis strongly resemble those taken by the Duchess of Princess Charlotte as a newborn, when she was cradled by her older brother George.

Louis wears a cream jumper and legging set that Charlotte wore for her own first portrait. Charlotte's navy blue cardigan was also worn by George for a Vanity Fair family portrait to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday.

The palace said William and Kate were "very pleased" to share the photographs, adding: "Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank members of the public for all of the kind messages they have received following the birth of Prince Louis, and for Princess Charlotte's third birthday."

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This is not the first time Kate, one of the world's most photographed people, has gone behind the lens and released her own pictures.

Prince George with Princess Charlotte just after she was born (HRH The Duchess of Cambridge vIa PA)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

The 36-year-old Duchess is a keen and accomplished amateur photographer who last year accepted a lifetime honorary membership of the Royal Photographic Society which recognised her "talent and enthusiasm".

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Kate bucked tradition when she took the official photographs of her newborn daughter in 2015.

The photos of Charlotte showed the young princess being cradled by her older brother George at William and Kate's Norfolk home, Anmer Hall.

Kate, a history of art graduate, has released pictures to mark other milestones in her children's lives, including George and Charlotte's first days at nursery school and Charlotte's first birthday.

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