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The youngest of Kate Middleton<\/strong> and Prince William<\/strong>\u2019s three children, Prince Louis<\/strong><\/a>, marked his seventh birthday Wednesday, and his proud parents shared birthday wishes, a new photo<\/a>, and a brief video clip<\/a> of the rambunctious youngest Wales on social media to celebrate along with the world.<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In the video compilation, we\u2019re treated to Louis\u2019s seemingly boundless energy and boyish glee he exhibited during the shoot, complete with him grinning into the camera at close range and even a rare snippet of him speaking.<\/p>\n \u201cI can jump down from there!\u201d he announces, pointing, then demonstrates by leaping off a log, thrilled. The cinematographer is not tagged, but from Louis\u2019s sneaky smiles and close proximity to the shooter, there’s a non-zero chance that Kate was behind that phone, playing Instagram Mom.<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It’s not just the clip that’s a change to the family’s typical birthday offerings: While the Prince and Princess of Wales routinely share new photos of their children to mark birthdays, there are a few subtle ways that Louis\u2019s photographic celebration breaks with both Wales family tradition, and broader royal family norms.<\/p>\n In the portrait, Louis wears an olive green v-neck sweater over a white-and-blue grid patterned collared shirt, paired with a pair of blue jeans. It\u2019s not the casual connotation of denim that is remarkable here, but that his princely knees are covered by the full-length pants.<\/p>\n In the British upper classes, boys typically wear short pants until about age 8, stemming from the 16th-century concept of \u201cbreeching,\u201d<\/a> when infants would be dressed first in gowns, regardless of gender, before boys graduated to short pants. The transition to full-length trousers was considered a milestone and mark of maturity, with etiquette expert William Hanson<\/strong><\/a> telling Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/em> in 2018<\/a> that \u201ca pair of trousers on a young boy is considered quite middle class\u2014quite suburban. And no self-respecting aristo or royal would want to be considered suburban.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nInstagram content<\/h4>\n
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