{"id":12223,"date":"2026-05-03T20:43:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/from-george-to-louis-how-the-royal-family-turns-birthday-celebrations-into-portrait-masterpieces\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:43:36","slug":"from-george-to-louis-how-the-royal-family-turns-birthday-celebrations-into-portrait-masterpieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/from-george-to-louis-how-the-royal-family-turns-birthday-celebrations-into-portrait-masterpieces\/","title":{"rendered":"From George to Louis: How the Royal Family Turns Birthday Celebrations into Portrait Masterpieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, the Prince and Princess of Wales add a new chapter to their children\u2019s growing story\u2014one that is captured in a carefully curated portrait. These images, often shared with the public, serve as a visual diary of the royal family\u2019s milestones and a testament to the enduring tradition of celebrating birthdays with art.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-the-tradition-began\">How the Tradition Began<\/h2>\n<p>The practice of photographing the royal children on their birthdays started with the eldest, Prince George, on his first birthday in July 2014. The young prince was photographed by photographer John Stillwell, who described the toddler as \u201cvery lively, very confident and very sure of himself.\u201d In the image, George is seen in a pair of denim overalls from Petit Bateau, a navy polo shirt, and matching leather shoes\u2014an outfit that set the tone for the family\u2019s future birthday shoots.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"from-one-birthday-to-many\">From One Birthday to Many<\/h2>\n<p>Since then, the family has continued to mark each child\u2019s special day with a new portrait. Princess Charlotte arrived in May 2015, followed by Prince Louis in April 2018. Each birthday has seen a different photographer bring their own style to the family\u2019s visual narrative. Renowned names such as Mario Testino and Matt Porteous have taken turns behind<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every year, the Prince and Princess of Wales add a new chapter to their children\u2019s growing story\u2014one that is captured in a carefully curated portrait. These images, often shared with the public, serve as a visual diary of the royal family\u2019s milestones and a testament to the enduring tradition of&#8230;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}