Prince Louis pushed in wheelbarrow by Kate in photography for fith birthday

Prince William - Millie Pilkington
Prince William - Millie Pilkington
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A smiling Prince Louis has been photographed being pushed in a wheelbarrow by his mother ahead of his fifth birthday.

The photograph shows the young prince sitting on top of leaves as the Princess of Wales pushes him.

It is one of two pictures taken by the photographer Millie Pilkington earlier this month on the Windsor Estate. They have been released to mark Louis turning five on Sunday.

The other is a close-up of the beaming prince, showing how quickly Prince William and Kate's youngest child is growing up.

Prince Louis - Millie Pilkington
Prince Louis - Millie Pilkington

The family live in Adelaide Cottage in Windsor's Home Park and Louis attends the private Lambrook School near Ascot in Berkshire, alongside his brother and sister, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

Louis is expected to accompany his siblings in the procession from Westminster Abbey which will follow the King's Coronation on May 6, according to newspaper reports.

He was not at the Queen's state funeral at the Abbey in September and is thought to have been considered too young to attend the service with his parents.

Louis is fourth in line to the throne and was born on St George's Day - April 23 - in 2018 in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, weighing 8lb 7oz.

He was christened Louis Arthur Charles at 11 weeks old, by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, in front of friends and family.