Coronavirus: Prince Louis marks birthday with rainbow tribute

Captured in an image by his mum, Kate, little Prince Louis has been photographed to mark his second birthday — making a poster of hope.

Prince Louis celebrates his second birthday on Thursday. Picture: Kate Cambridge via AFP

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s third child, Prince Louis, has been photographed to mark his second birthday — making­ a rainbow tribute poster.

Louis, who turned two on Thursday, has joined thousands of children across Britain who have been creating rainbow pictures as a symbol of hope during the corona­virus lockdown to put in their windows. He was photographed by mother Kate at their Norfolk home this month.

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.

This undated photograph released by Kensington Palace on April 22, 2020, shows a painted handprint done by Britain's Prince Louis of Cambridge, who celebrates his second birthday on April 23, 2020, in a photograph taken by his mother, Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. (Photo by The Duchess of Cambridge / KENSINGTON PALACE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / KENSINGTON PALACE / DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - NO SALES DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO USE AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2020 - TO BE USED IN RELATION TO THE EVENTS MENTIONED IN CAPTION /

Louis’s 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. She told the BBC 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.”

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