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Prince Louis will join the siblings at the new school this September as Kate releases photos of the prince’s birthday

Standing on a Norfolk beach with a cricket ball in his hand, Prince Lewis looks completely like the young athlete in this photo, published to mark his fourth birthday.

A series of stunning images of the fifth in line for the throne, casually dressed in shorts and a gray wool cardigan with a star print, were taken as usual by his mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, earlier this month.

Enthusiastic photographer Kate, 40, always knows how to get the most out of her children, and the smile on her youngest child’s face shows that Lewis grew up as a happy and controversial little boy.

The photos come when the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal that the young man is ready to join both his older brother, Prince George, eight, and his sister, Princess Charlotte, at six, at a new school this September.

A series of delightful images of Prince Louis casually wearing shorts and a gray wool jumper with star prints were made as usual by his mother

The photos come as the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal that the young man is ready to join both his older brother, Prince George, eight, and his sister, Princess Charlotte, at six, at a new school this September

Of course, their parents, who want to move to Berkshire, are currently exploring the possibility of their three children having the same co-educational institution.

Earlier this year, the Mail revealed that William and Kate were “progressing fast” with plans for a new life in their home counties. George is already scheduled to leave Thomas’s in Battersea, south-west London, for a new preparatory school in the Royal District this autumn. But now it turned out that Charlotte and Lewis could join him.

Charlotte has always been “super happy and settled” with Thomas, and it was thought that Lewis would join her later this year.

In one photo, Lewis smiles cheekily as he runs to the camera. Two more show the prince wearing a jumper with a star print, a blue plaid and shorts holding a cricket ball, which may suggest that he is already a novice young athlete.

The fourth and final photo shows Luis smiling again with clenched teeth as he looks up at the sky – the photo of a happy and healthy little boy.

Royal fans will be happy to see new photos of Lewis after missing a recent royal engagement attended by his older brother and sister.

George, eight, and Charlotte, six, joined their parents first at the Duke of Edinburgh’s Thanksgiving Service and then at the Easter Service while Louis was left at home.

The windy north coast of Norfolk occupies a special place in the hearts of Cambridge. This is the place where the family can relax together by climbing sand dunes, learning to sail or dive into the sea.

William and Kate unforgettably released a video montage of their family, partially filmed on a beach in Norfolk, to mark the 10th anniversary of their wedding last year.

The Duchess of Cambridge often takes pictures of her children to celebrate their birthdays. Last year, she snapped Prince Lewis on his training bike before his first day in kindergarten.

His birthday will be a welcome joy and distraction for 39-year-old William and 40-year-old Kate, who this week faced questions about Prince Harry’s recent interviews with the American media.

In another controversial interview with American television, the Duke of Sussex said on Wednesday that one of the reasons he flew to the UK last week to see his grandmother – for an alleged private meeting – was because he wanted to make sure that “she is protected and gets the right people around her.”

His controversial comment provoked not only ridicule that he came from a man who had spent much of the last two and a half years abroad and caused so much heartache to his grandmother, but also speculation about who he might be referring to.

Harry is known to have a historical hatred for the so-called “men in gray suits”, the high courtiers who advised the queen.

Lewis is currently enrolled at Willcocks Kensington Kindergarten, just minutes from the family home at Kensington Palace, where Charlotte also attended.

But it seems that, probably for practical reasons, Cambridge is now considering keeping all three children together.

The royal couple has been seen touring several schools in the area and is looking to find one that is outside the city and where all the facilities are on one campus, Mail learned from many sources.

The news also suggests that the family may consider leaving London entirely for a new life in the country, using Kensington Palace and their home there, Apartment 1A, as a “work base”.

They intend to preserve the palace even after they become Prince and Princess of Wales.

The series of photos came as the last post of photos of Kate – which usually come on her children’s birthdays. Pictured: Prince Louis, one year old

Kate has always had the ability to bring a smile to her children’s photos – and Lewis is no exception. Pictured: Prince Louis, two years old

Last year’s edition of the Duchess of Cambridge also showed that Prince Louis was active while riding a small red motorcycle. Pictured: Prince Louis, three years old

Standing on a Norfolk beach with a cricket ball in his hand, Prince Louis looks like a young athlete. Pictured: Prince Louis, four years old

In fact, the Mail may reveal that 39-year-old William and 40-year-old Kate recently visited large private homes in the Berkshire area, particularly in villages near her parents’ home in Bucklebury, as well as more famous homes on the Queen’s estate. Windsor.

Kate is extremely close to her parents, Michael and Carol Middleton, who often care for her offspring when she and William are at work or on royal tours and often pick them up from school.

And the Duchess always speaks fondly of her idyllic childhood in Berkshire with her brothers and sisters Pippa and James.

Although it may be another 20 years before the couple joins the throne, William and Kate are now beginning to determine where they see their family settling.

They want to afford their offspring as normal a childhood as possible, and believe that the Duchess’s home county, which is not only close to Kate’s family, means they will be just a short drive from the Queen at Windsor Castle, is ideal. place.

They intend to leave their current country house in Norfolk, Anmer Hall, to return to the Queen.

A source said: “It is rumored that all three children will leave their London schools. William and Kate especially like the idea of ​​their family growing up near her own childhood home. They are both country people at heart and Kate spends so much time with her family anyway. It is completely logical for them to all be in the same school together. If all three children are at school in Berkshire together, it also means that George will not have to go up.

“It is said that if they do not find a suitable place with the Queen in Windsor, they will probably find themselves, if not necessarily right next to Buckleberry, not far from it. In recent months, they have been discreetly looking at potential properties.

Their decision may be influenced by finding a place with sufficient confidentiality. At the Windsor mansion, where they had inspected several properties, they would now be within the royal security cordon.

A spectacular new private home will require police to create an entirely new security system. But it can be easily done. Both the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have private homes in the Cotswolds and use Clarence House as a base in London.

Kensington Palace declined to comment, but the family is likely to make an official statement in the coming months.