Princess Charlotte appears in a new portrait taken by her mother, Kate Middleton, the princess of Wales.
May 2 British royal Princess Charlotte is celebrating her ninth birthday.
Her parents, Prince William and Kate Middleton, the prince and princess of Wales, marked the occasion Thursday by sharing a new portrait of Charlotte on social media.
The photo was taken by Middleton, known formally as Princess Catherine. The image shows Charlotte smiling for the camera as she poses outside next to a flowering hedge.
