Kensington Palace share photograph of Princess Charlotte to celebrate her birthday

Kensington Palace have shared a sweet photograph of Princess Charlotte on social media to celebrate her birthday.

The youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge turns two today and to mark the occasion a sweet picture of the royal has been released on their official Twitter account.

The image, which captures Charlotte wearing a yellow knitted cardigan with sheep detail on it whilst at the family home in Anmer Hall, Norfolk, read: "The Duke and Duchess are delighted to share a new photograph of Princess Charlotte to mark her second birthday tomorrow (sic)."

And it has been reported the photograph was taken by Charlotte's 35-year-old mother - who also has three-year-old son Prince George with her husband Prince William - in April this year.

Charlotte is thankful for the "lovely messages" she has received in the run up to Charlotte's special day.

The Kensington Palace account tweeted: "TRH would like to thank everyone for the lovely messages they have received & hope that everyone enjoys this photograph as much as they do (sic)."

And Kensington Palace are "very pleased" they have been able to unveil the photograph to the public.

Speaking in a statement, which has been obtained by BBC.co.uk, they said: "The Duke and Duchess are very pleased to share this photograph as they celebrate Princess Charlotte's second birthday.

"Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank everyone for all of the lovely messages they have received."

And it has been reported the family will throw a birthday party for Charlotte, although details of the bash have yet to be unveiled.

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