Princess Charlotte’s 10th birthday - new photo

[PrettyFlyforaMaiTai]

Happy 10th birthday to Princess Charlotte.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have released an image via Instagram to mark the occasion. Photo taken by Catherine (apparently using an iPhone).

@foreverblowingbubbless saying it shouldn't be happening is something I've done myself. It's a media thing mainly and I talk about it because I think it's wrong and needs to be called out.

I don't think it was at all down to evil plots by BP or anyone else but Harry was sort of marked as "the fun, naughty one" from his teens at least (although he may have played up to that TBF) and I don't think it helped. None of us can possibly imagine what the personalities of George/Charlotte/Louis will be like as adults but I'd bet my last penny that the ground laid now in the public imagination by the Press, based on pure speculation and the odd face pulled by a bored near toddler has the potential to haunt them for the rest of their lives.

I was a girlie swot and v well behaved in my childhood, party animal by 19. Hopefully it's settled to something between the 2 now, most of us find a level, but we aren't under a microscope and one that has a very flawed lens.