Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle share sweet Mother’s Day tributes

Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle have marked UK Mother’s Day with two very contrasting posts: one with intimate photos and the other with only words.

Posting on their Kensington Royal Instagram account this morning, William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, shared a series of unseen family photos as well as Prince George’s sweet handmade card he made for his mother.

According to The Sun, the first photo shows the royal couple giving their two eldest children piggybacks as they race around in the garden outside their Norfolk home.

The heartwarming photo – which has previously never been shared – is an out-take from the Cambridge family’s 2018 Christmas card photoshoot.

What’s more, the couple also used the thoughtful post to pay tribute to their own mothers Princess Diana and Carole Middleton.

The second photo shows a young Prince William throwing his arms around his beaming mother while Prince Harry cuddles up next to her.

Meanwhile, Kate has also shared a photo of her mother Carole cuddling her as a baby taken in 1982.

The final photo is a sweet picture of the handmade card Prince George made for his mother Kate to celebrate the day.

Expressing sympathy for families who are spending the day apart as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, the couple wrote: “To mothers new and old and families spending today together and apart – we are thinking of you all at this difficult time. Happy Mother’s Day.”

Princess Diana with her sons Prince William (left) and Prince Harry. Kate Middleton and William included Diana in their Mother’s Day tribute. Picture: Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images

In contrast, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex paid a tribute to mothers “all over the world”.

Taking to the Sussex Royal Instagram account, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said: “No matter what you call your mum, this Mother’s Day in the UK, we honour the mums all over the world who do so much every single day, and now more than ever.”

They shared the caption against a blue background with the different ways children address their mums around the world from “mummy” to “mama” and “mom”.

This story first appeared in The Sun and is republished with permission.

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