Britain's royal family released a photograph on Saturday of a smiling Princess Charlotte, one of Queen Elizabeth's great-grandchildren, the day before the princess celebrates her sixth birthday.
Charlotte is fourth in line to the British throne and is the only daughter of Prince William, the queen's grandson, and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge.
Scroll through the gallery below of Princess Charlotte over the years:
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William depart St Mary's Hospital with their newborn daughter, Princess Charlotte, on May 2, 2015 in London, England. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, carries Princess Charlotte as they arrive at the Church of St Mary Magdalene for the christening of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge on July 5, 2015 in King's Lynn, England. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William with their children, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, during a private skiing break on March 3, 2016 in the French Alps, France. Getty Images -
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William watch a fly past during Trooping the Colour at The Mall on June 11, 2016 in London, England. Getty Images -
Princess Charlotte leaves following a service at St Mark's Church on December 25, 2016 in Bucklebury, Berkshire. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge with Princess Charlotte as they arrive at Warsaw airport to start a three-day tour on July 17, 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge speaks to Princess Charlotte after the wedding of Pippa Middleton and James Matthews at St Mark's Church on May 20, 2017 in in Englefield, England. Getty Images -
Princess Charlotte looks from the window of a plane as she arrives at Berlin Tegel Airport during an official visit to Poland and Germany on July 19, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their great-grandchildren. Pictured left to right are Prince George, Prince Louis, held by Queen Elizabeth II, Savannah Phillips, Princess Charlotte, Prince Philip, Isla Phillips holding Lena Tindall, and Mia Tindall, in 2018. AFP -
Princess Charlotte turns to wave at the media as she, Prince George and Prince William arrive at St Mary's Hospital in London, to visit Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Louis on April 23, 2018. AFP -
Princess Charlotte and Prince William leave St George's Chapel after the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis after Prince Louis's christening at St James's Palace on July 9, 2018 in London, England. Getty Images -
Albert Windsor, Prince William, holding Prince Louis, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge stand with other members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a fly past by the Royal Air Force, in London on June 8, 2019. AFP -
Princess Charlotte and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at the inaugural King's Cup regatta hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on August 9, 2019 in Cowes, England. Getty Images -
Helen Haslem, head of the lower school, greets Princess Charlotte as she arrives for her first day of school with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Thomas's Battersea on September 5, 2019 in London, England. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge with their children, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, attend a special pantomime performance at London's Palladium Theatre, to thank key workers and their families for their efforts throughout the pandemic, on December 11, 2020 in London, England. Getty Images
In the picture, Charlotte is shown wearing a blue dress with a pink floral pattern and pink buttons, and she stands with her arms stretched out and her hair falling over her shoulders, smiling at the camera. The dress is by London designer Rachel Riley who has dressed the young royal and her siblings in the past.
The photograph was taken by the Duchess of Cambridge, a keen amateur photographer and a patron of The Royal Photographic Society, on Saturday in Norfolk, eastern England, where the family currently live.
"Wishing Princess Charlotte a very happy sixth birthday today," the royal family posted on its social media pages, along with the image.
It's not yet clear how Princess Charlotte will celebrate her birthday. In 2020, on her fifth birthday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge shared pictures of Charlotte helping pack and deliver food parcels and homemade pasta to locals amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Friday released a video to mark a decade since their wedding.
The highly stylised clip, by London filmmaker Will Warr, is set against the sound of gentle guitar strings, and showed the royals with their three children walking across a windswept beach, running through their expansive garden and toasting marshmallows over an open fire.
“Thank you to everyone for the kind messages on our wedding anniversary,” they wrote in a message accompanying the footage. “We are enormously grateful for the 10 years of support we have received in our lives as a family. W & C.”
The couple married in 2011 after an eight-year relationship that began while they were at university.
Charlotte was born in London on May 2, 2015, and is William and Kate's second child. Charlotte's elder brother, Prince George, was born in July 2013 and her younger brother, Prince Louis, was born in April 2018.
Scroll through the gallery below to see more of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge through the years:
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Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge have released two new pictures to celebrate their 10th anniversary. AFP -
The two new images, taken at Kensington Palace this week by photographer Chris Floyd, capture William and Kate smiling and in a relaxed mood. AP Photo -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wave on the balcony at Buckingham Palace on their wedding day on April 29, 2011. Getty Images -
Prince William and his new bride Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge walk down the aisle at the close of their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Getty Images -
Prince William speaks to his bride, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as she holds the hand of her father Michael Middleton at Westminster Abbey. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge waves to well wishers as she and Prince William leave Buckingham Palace on their wedding day. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge walk hand in hand from Buckingham Palace the day after their wedding to a waiting helicopter as they leave for a secret honeymoon location. Getty Images -
US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama meet Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace in May 2011. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William take part in a Mexican wave at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships in June 2011. Getty Images -
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William onboard the Spirit of Chartwell during the Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant in June 2012. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William celebrate in the crowd during Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Getty Images -
Prince Harry, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William raise their wands on the set used to depict Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter films in April 2013. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son, Prince George, at St Mary's Hospital in July 2013. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrive holding their son Prince George, at Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, for his christening in October 2013. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William pose in front of Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, during a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2014. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge holds Prince George as he and Prince William look on while visiting the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum in July 2014 in London. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William leave the Lindo Wing with their newborn daughter Princess Charlotte at St Mary's Hospital in May 2015. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge looks on as Prince George looks into his sister Princess Charlotte's pram during her Christening in July 2015 in King's Lynn. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William with their children, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, enjoy a short private skiing break in the French Alps in March 2016. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge sit in front of the Taj Mahal during a tour of India and Bhutan in April 2016. Getty Images -
Prince Charles, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, Prince William, Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour to mark the Queen's 90th birthday in June 2016. Getty Images -
Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry during "The Patron's Lunch" celebrations for The Queen's 90th birthday at The Mall in June 2016. Getty Images -
Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry race during the Team Heads Together at a London Marathon Training Day in February 2017. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, pose for photographers with their newborn baby boy Prince Louis outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in April 2018. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in May 2018. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge stand beside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during a service marking the centenary of WW1 armistice at Westminster Abbey in November 2018. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge play football as they visit the National Stadium in Belfast in February 2019. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth is shown around 'Back to Nature' by Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2019. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visit a settlement of the Kalash people, to learn more about their culture and unique heritage, in October 2019 in Chitral, Pakistan. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge knead dough during a visit to Beigel Bake Brick Lane Bakery in September 2020 in London. The Duke and Duchess heard how the Covid-19 pandemic affected employees, as well as the ways in which the shop has helped the local community. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth talks with Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, as they wait to thank local volunteers and key workers for the work they are doing during the coronavirus pandemic in December 2020 in Windsor. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge with their children, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, attend a special pantomime performance at London's Palladium Theatre in December 2020. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge speak with staff during a visit to the Covid-19 vaccination centre at Westminster Abbey in March 2021. Getty Images -
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the funeral of Prince Philip at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in April 2021. Getty Images -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William sit on hay bales during a visit to Manor Farm in Little Stainton, Durham in April 2021. Getty Images
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