Prince Louis steals hearts in royal family's Christmas card photo

Lauren Holter

Prince Louis was the star of the show in the royal family’s 2018 Christmas card photos.

The royal family released this Christmas card photo on Friday. (Photo: Matt Porteous/Kensington Palace via Getty Images)
The royal family released this Christmas card photo on Friday. (Photo: Matt Porteous/Kensington Palace via Getty Images)

A new portrait posted to the royal family’s official Instagram page Friday morning shows the 7-month-old in his mother’s arms, with his two older siblings standing by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The photo was snapped at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, England, in the fall, according to the caption.

Prince Louis’s adorable smile garnered a lot of love in the comments, and many fans used heart-eye emojis to show their love for the sweet family photo.

“Louis looks just like his mama!” one commenter wrote.

“Little Louis grow up so fasssst and so cutee,” another wrote.

The family’s other Christmas photos included one of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall at Clarence House over the summer, and another of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from their May wedding reception.

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@ClarenceHouse and @KensingtonRoyal have today released images, which feature on Their Royal Highnesses’ Christmas cards this year. Swipe 👉 to see all three! The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were photographed in the @ClarenceHouse during the summer by Hugo Burnand. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s photo was taken in the Autumn at Anmer Hall by the photographer Matt Porteous and shows The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex today shared a new photograph from their Wedding Reception at Frogmore House on 19th May. The photograph, which was taken by photographer Chris Allerton, features on Their Royal Highnesses’ Christmas card this year.

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This will be the young prince’s first Christmas, but Prince George, 5, and Princess Charlotte, 3, know the drill.

“The [kids] are doing well, thank you,” Kate Middleton said in November, per E! News. “Getting excited for Christmas time because they’ve started all their Christmas songs and Christmas trees are going up and stuff.”

Middleton’s mom, Carole Middleton, told the Telegraph earlier this month that she puts a Christmas tree in each grandchild’s room in her home “so that they can decorate it themselves.”

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