Prince William and Kate Middleton honoured Britain’s healthcare workers with touching tribute
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge led a tribute to the UK’s healthcare workers, with their adorable children stealing the spotlight.
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The royals have joined the rest of Britain in honouring the country’s healthcare and medical workers with a touching tribute during the coronavirus crisis.
Prince William, Kate Middleton and their three children Prince George, 6, Princess Charlotte, 4, and Prince Louis, 2, posed outside their front door to honour Britain’s NHS heroes and key workers who are bravely battling COVID-19 in hospitals and care facilities throughout the UK.
The weekly cheers and applause rung out across the UK tonight at 8pm as millions stood on their front-door steps and on their balconies.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also marked their youngest’s birthday by sharing pictures of him painting rainbows for the NHS, like millions of other children across the UK.
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla also joined in the applause outside front door of their home at Birkhall in Aberdeenshire.
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PRINCE LOUIS’ 2ND BIRTHDAY
The Duchess of Cambridge shared a series of new photos she took of her third-born, Prince Louis, for his second birthday.
A keen photographer Kate Middleton, 38, captured the adorable toddler making a multi-coloured rainbow finger print painting.
The new photos of Louis showed a resemblance to his mother – something Kate has privately acknowledged.
“Everyone always comments on how Louis is the spitting image of Kate,” a friend told People magazine.
“She loves it and thinks it’s very sweet, she often jokes that he’s the only one of her kids who actually looks like her!”
Meantime, children across the UK have been creating rainbow pictures as a symbol of hope during the coronavirus lockdown.
Louis was photographed by Kate at the Cambridges’ Norfolk residence earlier this month – with his rainbow-coloured hands on show.
The family were expected to celebrate Louis’ birthday at Anmer Hall, where they are isolating during Britain’s strict COVID-19 lockdown.
Kate is a patron of the Royal Photographic Society and has regularly released pictures she has taken of her other children to husband Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, to mark their birthdays.
Louis’ artwork is likely to be part of William and Kate’s homeschooling lessons, with the duchess guiltily admitting she kept the makeshift classroom up and running during the Easter holidays.
In a recent interview, Kate 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”.
The Duchess of Cambridge 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.
Prince Louis was featured in a number of images released by William and Kate, and starred in a video with his older brother and sister applauding Britain’s health workers and carers.
In an interview with the BBC last week, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke frankly about being in isolation with their three children, with Kate admitting they had been through “ups and downs” during the lockdown period “like lots of other families”.
“It gets a bit hectic, I’m not going to lie.”
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