he Prince of Wales has been pictured smiling with his three children in a photo to mark Father’s Day.
Princess Charlotte and Prince George are on either side of William, smiling up at him in the image released by Kensington Palace.
Youngest sibling Prince Louis hugs his father on his shoulders from behind.
The royals are all dressed in blue with George, nine, and William, 40, both in trousers and casual shirts.
Louis, five, is his typically excitable self and is beaming in a blue jumper, while his brother and sister appear more relaxed.
Charlotte, who turned eight last month, is dressed in a blue flower print dress and white cardigan and has a tooth missing in her smile.
The image was taken on the Windsor estate earlier this year by Millie Pilkington, who has photographed the Prince and Princess of Wales’s children on a number of occasions.
All five members of the family were involved in Saturday’s Trooping the Colour, the first of King Charles’ reign.
(left to right) The Princess Royal, Prince George, Prince Louis, the Princess of Wales, the Prince of Wales and Princess Charlotte
/ PALouis, on the Buckingham Palace balcony, saluted during the traditional Trooping flypast and also pretended to ride a bike with his arms stretched out.
The Princess of Wales joined her children in a carriage with the Queen, travelling just behind the King, who was on horseback as part of the procession in a return to a tradition that Queen Elizabeth II stepped back from more than thirty years ago.
William rode behind his father, alongside the Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal.
Camilla and Catherine, as royal colonels, had prominent roles in the Trooping.
Catherine wore an eye-catching green dress and hat, alluding to her role as Colonel of the Irish Guards.
The Queen wore a red dress and black beret to represent her position as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.
Meanwhile, William has revealed that he wants to make it his mission to end homelessness in the UK.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the royal said that he will launch a “really big project” to take on the issue.
However, the details of the five-year plan are being kept secret until the end of the month.
“It’s nerve-racking,” he told the newspaper.
“But I’m really excited. I’ve been waiting for the right time to do this.”
While the project’s details are secret for now, William revealed that there are social housing plans for the Duchy of Cornwall, the 130,000-acre property empire he now controls after becoming the Prince of Wales.
“You’ll see that when it’s ready,” he said.
“I’m no policy expert, but I push it where I can.”
From left, The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, King Charles III and the Princess Royal depart Buckingham Palace (Victoria Jones/PA)
/ PA WireThe prince has previous experience tackling homelessness. He is the patron of Centrepoint, a charity which helps homeless young people.
Earlier this week, he officially opened Reuben House, a block of 33 studio properties in south-east London where rents are set at a third of a resident’s income, on behalf of the charity.
The prince also spoke to the paper about his plans to introduce his children to a homeless organisation, in the same way that his mother brought him to a homeless shelter when he was 11 years old.
“When I left this morning, one of the things I was thinking was, ‘When is the right time to bring George or Charlotte or Louis to a homeless organisation?’” he said.
“I think when I can balance it with their schooling, they will definitely be exposed to it. On the school run, we talk about what we see.
“When we were in London, driving backwards and forwards, we regularly used to see people sitting outside supermarkets and we’d talk about it.”
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