Britain’s Prince George marks eighth birthday with a grin

Britain’s Prince George poses ahead of his eighth birthday in this picture taken by his mother, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, in Norfolk, Britain, July 2021. The Duchess of Cambridge/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON — Prince William and his wife Kate released a new photograph of their son Prince George with a beaming smile to mark his eighth birthday on Thursday.

The photograph taken by his mother shows the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child perched on a Land Rover.

George, who is third-in-line to the throne, is wearing a blue and orange striped polo shirt with blue shorts and is grinning into the camera.