ROYAL NEWS LIVE: Princess Charlotte turns 9! Palace celebrates her birthday with new photo taken by Kate Middleton: The only daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales turns 9

A new photo of Princess Charlotte has been released for the young royal’s 9th birthday. The Prince and Princess of Wales shared the photo of their daughter’s birthday on Instagram. “Happy 9th Birthday, Princess Charlotte!” the caption reads. “Thank you for all of the kind messages today.”

The photo was taken by her mother, Kate Middleton. In the picture, Charlotte wears a denim skirt paired with a red sweater and poses outside beside some blooming flowers. In the comments section, royal fans pointed out how much Charlotte looks just like her father, Prince William. “So like her dad x,” one person wrote.

“William said copy and paste hahaha,” another person commented. This latest photo comes just over a week after the palace shared a new photo celebrating the birthday of Charlotte’s younger brother, Prince Louis, who turned 6 on April 23. The cute pic of Louis was also snapped by his mom.

A previous image of the royals edited by Kate was publicly scrutinized in March after multiple news agencies notified media outlets not to use the photo of Kate and her kids as it appeared to have been “manipulated.” The princess released an apology through the Kensington Palace X account, writing, “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused.”

This latest picture of Charlotte is the first official photo of the princess that has been shared in several months. On Dec. 25, the palace released a black-and-white photo of Charlotte with her siblings, Louis and Prince George, 10. In the holiday pic, Charlotte beamed ear to ear as she posed with one arm around each of her brothers’ shoulders.