Prince Louis photographed making rainbow poster by mum Kate to mark second birthday

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Prince Louis has shown his support for the NHS by making a rainbow poster for a series of photographs to mark his second birthday.

​He was photographed by his proud mother the Duchess of Cambridge at their Norfolk home earlier this month with his rainbow-coloured hands on show.

Children from across the UK have been creating rainbow pictures as a symbol of hope during the lockdown to put in their windows.

The young prince will celebrate his second birthday on Thursday, and the fruits of his labour – a rainbow handprint picture – is one of five photographs released to mark the milestone.

Prince Louis will turn two on Thursday (The Duchess of Cambridge)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

It comes after he featured in a video with his older brother Prince George and older sister Princess Charlotte applauding the nation’s health workers and carers earlier this month.

In his birthday pictures, Louis looks like he is growing up fast, with his hair neatly cut and combed and wearing a smart blue gingham-style shirt.

In a series of images, Kate has captured her son as he grins at the camera while holding up his painted palms and fingers, in another his coloured digits are raised to his cheeks, and in the fourth photograph his face is almost hidden behind his outstretched hands.

The final image is a portrait of the young prince as he looks past his mother at something just behind her.

Kate is a keen amateur photographer and patron of the Royal Photographic Society who has regularly released pictures she has taken of her other children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, to mark their birthdays.

She took photos of Louis playing in the garden of the family's Norfolk home to mark his first birthday last year.

Prince Louis - In pictures

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This year, Louis’ artwork is likely to be part of William and Kate’s home-schooling lessons, with the duchess guiltily admitting she kept the make-shift classroom up and running during the Easter holidays.

In a recent interview, she said she found teaching her children at home “challenging”, and added with a laugh “don’t tell the children we’ve actually kept it going through the holidays I feel very mean”.

“It’s just having that bit of structure, actually. It’s great, there are so many great tips online and fun activities that you can do with the children so it hasn’t been all hardcore,” she added.

Kate also revealed her surprise at her children’s awareness about the coronavirus outbreak, and she has tackled the subject with them in “age appropriate” ways.

Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge, fifth in line to the throne, was born on St George’s Day, April 23, 2018, at the private Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, weighing 8lb 7oz.

He was christened at 11 weeks old, by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace in front of friends and family.

Louis has rarely been seen in public – his most prominent outing was his first appearance on Buckingham Palace’s balcony, following the Trooping the Colour ceremony last summer, with his parents, siblings and other members of the royal family.

He is fifth in line to the throne, a great-grandchild of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Additional reporting by PA Media

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