--- title: Prince Charles' 70th Birthday Photo Features Giggling Prince George description: New royal family photos have arrived to mark Prince Charles' 70th birthday, and they star the Duchess of Sussex and giggly Prince George. canonical: https://time.com/5454137/prince-charles-royal-family-photo/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-14T14:13:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:59.768Z og:title: New Royal Family Photos Drop and They're Positively Darling og:description: Prince George couldn't stop laughing for the camera og:url: https://time.com/5454137/prince-charles-royal-family-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt061cca506f507dff/69893f0d86f68eb5316eab50/newroyalfamilyphotos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-ROYAL-TROOPING og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Royal Family Photos Drop and They're Positively Darling twitter:description: Prince George couldn't stop laughing for the camera twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt061cca506f507dff/69893f0d86f68eb5316eab50/newroyalfamilyphotos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince George Couldn't Stop Giggling for His Granddad Prince Charles' 70th Birthday Photo by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 14, 2018 2:13 PM UTC  Duchess of Sussex, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (with Princess Charlotte and Prince George) and Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a fly-past of aircraft by the Royal Air Force, in London on June 9, 2018\. - The ceremony of Trooping the Colour is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. In 1748, it was decided that the parade would be used to mark the official birthday of the Sovereign. More than 600 guardsmen and cavalry make up the parade, a celebration of the Sovereign's official birthday, although the Queen's actual birthday is on 21 April. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images) Duchess of Sussex, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (with Princess Charlotte and Prince George) and Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a fly-past of aircraft by the Royal Air Force, in London on June 9, 2018\. - The ceremony of Trooping the Colour is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. In 1748, it was decided that the parade would be used to mark the official birthday of the Sovereign. More than 600 guardsmen and cavalry make up the parade, a celebration of the Sovereign's official birthday, although the Queen's actual birthday is on 21 April. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS—AFP/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 14, 2018 2:13 PM UTC The royal family has released two new portraits to mark the 70th birthday of [Prince Charles](http://time.com/5238004/royal-family-tree/) on Wednesday. The pair of photos star the birthday boy himself flanked by his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, and his children and grandchildren. Snapped by photographer [Chris Jackson](https://www.instagram.com/ChrisJacksonGetty/) in the Clarence House garden, the portraits show the A-team – including three future kings – gathered in honor of the big day. We see Charles’ youngest son Prince Harry and with new wife Meghan Markle, his oldest son Prince William with Kate Middleton, and his grandchildren Prince George, Princess Charlotte and even six-month-old Prince Louis. Aptly, everyone in the group appears to be wearing their birthday celebration best – sticking with a navy blue and cream color scheme. The photos capture the personalities of all nine, particularly giggly Prince George and laughing Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. Prince Charles was born at Buckingham Palace on November 14, 1948\. He is the oldest and longest-serving [“heir apparent”](http://time.com/5238004/royal-family-tree/) (translation: first in line to the throne) in British history. The bells at Westminster Abbey will be ringing out on Wednesday to mark the milestone birthday. But it’s his party, and he’ll share the spotlight if he wants to. For the big day, Prince Charles will attend a tea party championing 70 inspirational people who also turned 70 this year. After that, the Queen will host a private event for friends, according to the [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46202198). Charles has been celebrating up a storm at a number of festivities throughout the year. He was feted with a Garden Party shortly after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding and a gala concert at Buckingham Palace celebrating his patronage of the arts. See the new royal family photos below. Clarence House also shared a video montage from every decade of his life. > [](https://twitter.com/ClarenceHouse/status/1062600846008041472) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5454137/prince-charles-royal-family-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5454137/prince-charles-royal-family-photo/"},"headline":"Prince George Couldn't Stop Giggling for His Granddad Prince Charles' 70th Birthday Photo","datePublished":"2018-11-14T14:13:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:59.768Z","description":"New royal family photos have arrived to mark Prince Charles' 70th birthday, and they star the Duchess of Sussex and giggly Prince George.","url":"https://time.com/5454137/prince-charles-royal-family-photo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","United Kingdom","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt061cca506f507dff/69893f0d86f68eb5316eab50/newroyalfamilyphotos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt061cca506f507dff/69893f0d86f68eb5316eab50/newroyalfamilyphotos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-ROYAL-TROOPING","caption":"TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-ROYAL-TROOPING","creditText":"DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5454137/prince-charles-royal-family-photo/","name":"Prince George Couldn't Stop Giggling for His Granddad Prince Charles' 70th Birthday Photo"}}]}] ```