Princess Charlotte Birthday portrait released for 11th birthday
Princess Charlotte birthday: a new portrait was released on 2 May 2026 to mark her 11th birthday. The picture shows the Prince and Princess of Wales’ middle child smiling in a sunny field, wearing a black and red striped jumper and blue jeans.
Kensington Palace posted the image with the message, “Wishing Charlotte a very happy 11th birthday!” It was shot by photographer Matt Porteous during the family’s Easter break in Cornwall.
Matt Porteous in Cornwall
The release gives a recent view of Princess Charlotte, who is third in line to the throne and the only daughter of Prince William and Princess Catherine. She was born at 08:43 on 2 May 2015 at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, and she has two brothers, Prince George, 12, and Prince Louis, 8.
The timing also keeps the royal family’s private Easter break visible in public. Matt Porteous took the birthday portrait during that time, and he has previously received royal commissions from Prince William and Catherine.
Windsor Easter Sunday service
The princess was last seen in public at the Royal Family’s annual Easter Sunday church service in Windsor, where she was smiling and waving at crowds. That appearance and the new portrait bookend a short stretch in which the family has offered two separate glimpses of its younger members.
On Wednesday, Prince William and Princess Catherine shared another family portrait marking 15 years of marriage, with the couple lying in the grass beside Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Orla and Otto. The two releases keep attention on the Wales family’s private moments, but the birthday image stands apart because it marks Charlotte’s 11th birthday directly.
For readers following the family, the portrait is the clearest current update: Princess Charlotte has reached 11, and the new image places her in Cornwall, smiling, on the day her birthday was marked publicly.
