Princess Charlotte beams with pet dog Orla in 7th birthday pics taken by mum Kate Middleton

After Prince William and Kate Middleton stunned on the red carpet at the "Top Gun: Maverick" premiere, the Duchess explained why her three children were not in attendance. While talking with children at the premiere on Thursday night, Middleton explained Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis’ absence.  "It’s a school night," Middleton said with a small laugh. Prince William and Kate Middleton arrive on the red carpet for the UK premiere of the film "Top Gun: Maverick." (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Although George, 8, Charlotte, 7 and Louis, 4, have not attended their first movie premiere, they have made their red carpet debut.

Princess Charlotte is "sporty like her mother" Kate Middleton and will be giving big brother Prince George "a run for his money on the football pitch," a royal expert has claimed. Jennie Bond spoke to OK! about the young royal as she turned seven years old earlier this week, posing for a gorgeous portrait captured by her mum Kate. In the image, Charlotte wears her hair loose, with a Next blouse and a casual blue Ralph Lauren jumper.

Prince William has an endearing French-inspired pet name for Princess Charlotte, revealed in an intimate moment during a royal visit.The Royal Family are, much like families up and down the country, known for having nicknames for each other which they use in informal settings. For example, when she was a toddler the Queen became known as ‘Lilibet’ by close relatives within the family due the way she pronounced her own name Elizabeth.

Kate Middleton has spoken of her determination to give her royal brood as normal a childhood as possible.

Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo is the nanny of Kate Middleton and Prince William's children. Maria is Spanish, and she has been the nanny for the Cambridges since 2014, and first started looking after George when he was just eight months old. Maria is a graduate of the prestigious Norland College and students here are trained in traditional child rearing skills as well as cooking and sewing techniques.

Kate Middleton isn't the only 'celebrity mum' at her children's £6,900 a year school in West London.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge recently shared a series of sweet photos of their daughter Princess Charlotte to mark her seventh birthday. Kate, 40, took the stunning pictures herself and she and Prince William, 39, shared them on their official joint Instagram page as they celebrated Charlotte's big day. The seven year old could be seen wearing navy trousers with a blue jumper, which was paired with a white shirt underneath.

Princess Charlotte has been photographed with her arm around the family cocker spaniel in a picture taken to mark her seventh birthday. The young royal, surrounded by bluebells, was snapped by the Duchess of Cambridge in Norfolk this weekend enjoying the outdoors. Charlotte and pet dog Orla appear in one of three pictures released ahead of the princess turning seven on Monday.

She’s all grown up! The British royal family marked Princess Charlotte‘s 7th birthday with a handful of new portraits — and the little one looks just like her parents.

READ MORE: Donald Trump says 'whipped' Harry should be stripped of royal titles In one of the other pictures Charlotte is sitting cross-legged, while in the final picture she is sitting with her arms around her knees. Orla is not the family’s first pet. William and Kate’s’s previous dog Lupo – a wedding present from Kate’s brother James – died in November 2020.

Princess Charlotte and the Cambridges’ dog have been released to mark her seventh birthday. The young royal was photographed by her mum, the Duchess of Cambridge, at the family home in Norfolk. Kensington Palace released three photos which show Charlotte surrounded by bluebells in the gardens of Anmer Hall on the Queen’s Sandringham estate.

Princess Charlotte has been photographed with her arm around the family cocker spaniel in a picture taken to mark her seventh birthday. The young royal, surrounded by bluebells, was snapped by the Duchess of Cambridge in Norfolk this weekend enjoying the outdoors. Charlotte and pet dog Orla appear in one of three pictures released ahead of the princess turning seven on Monday.

with her arm around the family cocker spaniel in a picture taken to mark her seventh birthday. The radiant young royal, surrounded by bluebells, was snapped by the Duchess of Cambridge in Norfolk this weekend enjoying the outdoors. Charlotte and pet dog Orla appear in one of three pictures released ahead of the princess turning seven on Monday.

Princess Charlotte is all smiles in her official birthday portraits, snapped by her mom, Kate Middleton.

Happy birthday Princess Charlotte!

Prince William and Kate Middleton have a big girl on their hands! On Sunday, Kensington Palace released a series of two new portraits of Princess Charlotte, ahead of her 7th birthday.

royals aren’t allowed to show any physical affection in public (or even hold hands). Or you may be aware that everyone has to finish eating as soon as the Queen does. Or perhaps your favourite is that the Queen has to take a supply of actual blood wherever she goes.

Kate Middleton doesn’t always opt for designers - she sometimes chooses to shop in regular places like the rest of us. The 40-year-old was once papped with daughter Princess Charlotte, 6, doing a spot of retail therapy in Sainsbury’s. The two were spotted in King’s Lynn, near to The Cambridge’s family home of Anmer Hall in Norfolk.