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The sweet detail we all missed in the royal Christmas photo

Kristine Tarbert
·Features and Health Editor

The royal family released their Christmas card this week and apart from the fact that it’s completely adorable, there is one sweet detail we all missed.

Take a closer look at Princess Charlotte. Do you recognise her jumper?

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their three children, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George at Anmer Hall in Norfolk. Photo: Kensington Palace/Matt Porteous
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their three children, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George at Anmer Hall in Norfolk. Photo: Kensington Palace/Matt Porteous

The little princess is wearing her older brother Prince George’s Fina Ejerique jumper.

It already has a special meaning to Charlotte, who wore the same outfit to pose for a photo with her new little brother Prince Louis.

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‪The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share two photographs of Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, taken by The Duchess at Kensington Palace.‬ This image was taken on 2nd May, on Princess Charlotte’s third Birthday.‬ ‪The Duke and Duchess would like to thank members of the public for their kind messages following the birth of Prince Louis, and for Princess Charlotte’s third birthday.‬

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The jumper, of course, has some more significance to the family.

It was the sweater George wore in the portrait released to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday this year.

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@the_british_monarchy have just released this photograph of The Queen surrounded by her two youngest grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, to mark Her Majesty's 90th birthday. This is the first in a series of three official photographs. It was taken at Windsor Castle just after Easter by renowned portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz. #HappyBirthdayYourMajesty

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The Cambridges released the family snap on Sunday.

Kate and William are pictured with their three children George, 5, Charlotte, 3, and seven-month-old Prince Louis within the grounds of their Norfolk home, Anmer Hall.

Taken by photographer Matt Porteous in UK autumn, Kate proudly holds her youngest son Louis, who is smiling directly at the camera.

George, who usually wears shorts and long socks, this time wore light blue trousers, a ribbed jumper with red piping and Hunter Wellington boots.

The prince’s new look sent some royal fans into a frenzy as they pointed out the young royal may now have finally graduated from only wearing shorts.

There's a rather snobby reason why Kate always dresses George in short shorts. Photo: Getty Images
There’s a rather snobby reason why Kate always dresses George in short shorts. Photo: Getty Images

An etiquette expert revealed there’s actually a bit of a snobby reason behind Kate’s decision to dress her little boy in shorts.

“Trousers are for older boys and men, whereas shorts on younger boys are one of the silent class markers that we have in England,” William Hanson told the Express.

“Although times are (slowly) changing, a pair of trousers on a young boy is considered quite middle class–quite suburban.”

The last time we saw the five of them in public was for Prince Louis’ christening in July, however a series of photos of them with Charles, Camilla, Meghan and Harry were released last month to commemorate the Prince of Wales’ 70th birthday.

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