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Adorable photos of Prince Louis released for his fourth birthday

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The Duchess captures a stunning photo of Prince Louis mid laugh. Photo / Getty Images

Prince Louis is turning four!

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's youngest child turns four this weekend and in a fitting way to celebrate the special occasion, four new photos have been released of the Prince.

Prince Louis turns four this weekend and to celebrate four dashing photos of the prince have been released. Photo / Getty Images
Prince Louis turns four this weekend and to celebrate four dashing photos of the prince have been released. Photo / Getty Images

The joyful collection of photos shows Prince Louis playing in the sand, sprinting in front of the camera with a huge smile on his face and another shows him playfully holding a cricket ball.

The Duchess captures a stunning photo of Prince Louis mid laugh. Photo / Getty Images
The Duchess captures a stunning photo of Prince Louis mid laugh. Photo / Getty Images

Released on the Duke and Duchess's official Twitter account, the post was captioned, "4 years old tomorrow!" and in what has become a recent tradition, the pictures were shot by the prince's very own mother, the Duchess.

The adorable photos were taken by his mother, Kate Middleton. Photo / Getty Images
The adorable photos were taken by his mother, Kate Middleton. Photo / Getty Images

Taken earlier this month on a beach near the family's country home in Norfolk. the young prince bared a similar resemblance to his brother, Prince George when he was the same age.

Captured on the beach with a cricket ball in hand the prince bears a striking resemblance to his older brother, Prince George. Photo / Getty Images
Captured on the beach with a cricket ball in hand the prince bears a striking resemblance to his older brother, Prince George. Photo / Getty Images

4 years old tomorrow!

📸 The Duchess pic.twitter.com/H5AQoZYibW

— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) April 22, 2022

Prince Louis' birthday last year coincided with his first day of preschool which made for some adorable pictures of the prince riding his red balance bike in a navy sweater, blue shorts and shouldering a backpack.

Louis, fifth in line to the throne, attends Willcocks Nursery School in London, the same preschool as his big sister Charlotte went to.

Prince Louis through the years, at one, two and three.
Prince Louis through the years, at one, two and three.

His older siblings Prince George, 8, and Princess Charlotte, 6, both go to Thomas's Battersea primary school close by.

Fellow members of the royal family are yet to share any public birthday wishes for the prince.