Prince Louis turns one: British royals celebrate with three cute new photos

The three smiling portraits were taken by the Duchess of Cambridge in the family's Norfolk garden

A handout photo of Britain's Prince Louis taken by his mother Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. Courtesy the Duchess of Cambridge

The new photos of the young prince were released to celebrate his first birthday on April 23, 2019. Courtesy the Duchess of Cambridge

The new photos were taken at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Norfolk home earlier this month. Courtesy the Duchess of Cambridge

The last new photo of Prince Louis released by the royals was taken in autumn 2018 and released as the family's Christmas card that year. The photograph features the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their three children, Prince George, five, Princess Charlotte, three, and Prince Louis, one, in their Norfolk Garden. Kensington Palace via Getty Images

Ahead of Prince Charles' 70th birthday, the Royal Family released this photo of Prince Charles with Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Willliam Duke of Cambridge, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Prince Harry Duke of Sussex and Meghan Duchess of Sussex on September 5. Clarence House via Getty Images

A photo from Prince Louis' July 9 christening, featuring the Duchess of Cambridge and her baby boy. Kensington Palace via AP

Following Prince Louis' baptism, the Duchess of Cambridge, holds Prince Louis as they pose with Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Kensington Palace via AP

The royals at Clarence House following the christening. Seated, left to right: Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge; Prince George; Prince Louis; Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge; and Princess Charlotte. Standing, left to right: Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales; Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex; and wife Megan, the Duchess of Sussex. Kensington Palace via AP

The entire family. Seated, left to right: Prince George, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge; Prince Louis; Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge; and Princess Charlotte. Standing, left to right: Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex; Megan, the Duchess of Sussex; Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Carole Middleton, Michael Middleton, Pippa Matthews, James Matthews and James Middleton. Kensington Palace via AP

An early photo of Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte, released to celebrate her third birthday on May 2, 2018. Kensington Palace via Reuters

Shortly after his April 2018 birth, Prince William and his wife Kate released new pictures documenting the early days of Britain's young prince. Kensington Palace via AP

It's Prince Louis's first birthday today, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released three new photos of the young prince to celebrate.

Click through our gallery above to see the three new photos, and more snaps from the tot's first year. 

The newly released set of images were taken by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in the garden of the family's Anmer Hall home in Norfolk, England.

The photos feature the one-year-old in a red knit and a blue jumper, with a dog embroidered on the front.

With two new teeth and blonde hair, he is seen with a big smile, and happily playing in the grass in two of the photos.

“He really is the most cheerful, smiley little boy,” a royal source has said of the young prince. “He’s always so happy and content.”

This isn't the first time the Duchess of Cambridge has been behind the lens of relaxed family images that have been released.

The mother-of-three captured the images of a two-week-old Louis released last May, to celebrate Princess Charlotte's third birthday.

Prince Louis was born on April 23, 2018, at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London.

The newest photos are some of the first of Louis looking a little more grown up. He seems to have his brother Prince George's blonde hair, but looks unmistakably like big sister, Princess Charlotte.

Unlike Prince George, who is often compared to Princess Diana, royal watchers have said Louis is the first of the Cambridge children to look like a mini-Michael Middleton, the duchess's father, particularly in the family's 2018 Christmas card photo:

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