--- description: Kensington Palace on Saturday shared new photos of royal baby Prince Louis, the third child of Kate Middleton and Prince William. title: Here's Your First Real Glimpse of Royal Baby Prince Louis image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e6143b7c1b42bc7/69892ea686f68eaf3a6e8fe1/royal-baby.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Your First Real Glimpse of the Royal Baby, Prince Louis  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:06 PM CUTPublished: May 5, 2018 11:07 PM CUT  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their newborn son. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their newborn son.Kirsty O'Connor - PA Images—PA Images via Getty Images  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:06 PM CUTPublished: May 5, 2018 11:07 PM CUT The world got its first real glimpse of Prince Louis on Saturday, when Kensington Palace released two photos of the littlest royal. The first photo was taken on April 26\. It shows the Louis at just three days old in the family’s home in Kensington Palace. The second photo shows big sister Princess Charlotte kissing the little prince on May 2, on Charlotte’s third birthday. Both images were taken by the prince’s mom, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, who is an avid photographer. Louis is the [third child](http://time.com/5196405/royal-baby-born-reactions-memes/ "undefined") for Kate Middleton and Prince William. He joins older siblings Prince George, 4, and Princess Charlotte, 3 — plus his new friend, [One Direction singer and namesake Louis Tomlinson](http://time.com/5257557/prince-louis-louis-tomlinson/ "undefined"). He was born [at St. Mary’s Hospital on April 23](http://time.com/5178537/kate-middleton-leaves-hospital-royal-baby-3/ "undefined") and was [likely named for](http://time.com/5257228/prince-louis-lord-mountbatten-meaning/ "undefined") Prince Charles’ great-uncle Lord Mountbatten. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/992901784820682752) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/992901771654725645) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5266913/prince-louis-first-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5266913/prince-louis-first-photo/"},"headline":"Here's Your First Real Glimpse of the Royal Baby, Prince Louis","datePublished":"2018-05-05T23:07:44.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T20:06:50.000Z","description":"And they are impossibly cute","url":"https://time.com/5266913/prince-louis-first-photo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e6143b7c1b42bc7/69892ea686f68eaf3a6e8fe1/royal-baby.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e6143b7c1b42bc7/69892ea686f68eaf3a6e8fe1/royal-baby.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Royal Baby","caption":"Royal Baby","creditText":"Kirsty O'Connor - PA Images—PA Images via 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/5266913/prince-louis-first-photo/","name":"Here's Your First Real Glimpse of the Royal Baby, Prince Louis"}}]}] ```