Happy Birthday, Princess! Charlotte celebrates turning seven by posing with the new puppy Orla
Happy Birthday, Princess! Beaming amid the bluebells, Charlotte celebrates turning seven by posing with the family’s new puppy Orla for flowery photoshoot… with images taken by her mother Kate
Princess Charlotte has been in Norfolk ahead of celebrating her seventh birthdayNew photographs of her with her beloved pet dog Orla have been releasedThe fourth-in-line to the throne spent the weekend at the family’s country home
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Pretty as a picture amid the spring bluebells of Norfolk, birthday girl Princess Charlotte is a natural in front of the camera.
And what a treat to see – in these photographs taken by the Duchess of Cambridge to mark her daughter’s seventh birthday today – the family’s adored new pet for the first time.
Prince William and Kate have kept their new pup’s identity a secret until now. But the Daily Mail can reveal that the little spaniel is named Orla.
Kate’s three pictures of her spirited daughter – a princess who adores ballet but can also give her brother George a run for his money on the football pitch – capture her natural joie de vivre.
Princess Charlotte, who turns seven on May 2, has been pictured with her pet dog – whose name has just been revealed as Orla
The young princess was sat down in the spring bluebells of Norfolk, at the family’s country home Anmer Hall
Charlotte sat cheerily for the camera as her mother Kate took a selection of photos in the garden of their family home in Norfolk
Princess Charlotte has had her picture released each year for her birthday (pictured her first birthday, left, and second birthday, right)
Laughing into the lens, Charlotte wears a blue patterned blouse and jumper, and clutches a posy of freshly picked daisies in her hand.
Facially the fourth-in-line to the throne bears a striking resemblance to big brother George – but with her mother’s brunette hair and green eyes.
The pictures were taken at the family’s country home Anmer Hall over the weekend, where they were also joined by little Orla. She was given to the family in the summer of 2020 by the duchess’s brother, James Middleton. She proved to be a great source of comfort when they lost Lupo, their first black spaniel, in November 2020.
Kate and William had doted on Lupo since they got him as a puppy in 2012 – a year after they married. However, they so jealously guarded his privacy that they refused to confirm his identity at first, let alone reveal his name, until Kate let it slip in an incident dubbed ‘Puppygate’.
While Lupo was the Italian for ‘wolf’, Orla – whose name has also been kept under wraps for two years – is Celtic in origin and means ‘golden princess’.
It is not known why the couple chose it but they later said they liked the name Lupo so it may be the same for their new pet.
Now that she is seven, Charlotte is likely to be seen on more royal engagements such as church services. She joined George, eight, for a memorial service for their late great-grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, in March.
She is currently a pupil at Thomas’s prep school in Battersea, south-west London. But last month the Mail revealed that she and little brother Prince Louis, four, are set to join George at an exclusive Berkshire school from September.
William and Kate have been scouting out both schools and new homes in the countryside close to the duchess’s parents, Michael and Carole Middleton.
The couple are looking to start a new life in the duchess’s home county in order to give their young family the best chance of a relatively normal childhood while they can.
Previously Princess Charlotte has shared her birthday pictures with her younger brother Louis (left, third birthday, right, fourth birthday)
The Duchess of Cambridge usually takes the photos of her daughter on her birthday (left, fifth birthday, right, sixth birthday)
Now Princess Charlotte is getting older she is more likely to appear at Royal events alongside her older brother Prince George (pictured at Easter Sunday Church service at St Georges Chapel)
Princess Charlotte will be attending an exclusive Berkshire school in September, outside of school she likes singing and ballet
Although Anmer Hall was a perfect base when William was working for East Anglia Air Ambulance, now that he and his wife are full-time working royals it is no longer practical for them to regularly travel up to Norfolk at weekends.
Keeping all their children at the same school will also help to strengthen the bond between them as they one day take on the challenge of royal roles in a modern age.
Earlier this year Prince William revealed that one of the few things they fight about is who gets to choose the music they listen to in the morning.
Charlotte, he said, ‘loves running around the kitchen in her dresses and ballet stuff and everything’. He added: ‘She goes completely crazy with Louis following her around trying to do the same thing. It’s a really happy moment where the children just enjoy dancing, messing around and singing.’
He said that his daughter likes to play the song Waka Waka by Colombian pop star Shakira.
