PRINCE GEORGE A new official photograph as the Cambridges’ eldest child turns eight

CELEBRATES TURNING EIGHT — WITH A TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THE LATE DUKE

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a twinkle in his eye and a broad grin on his face, Prince George is growing up fast.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge shared this gorgeous image of their eldest son (right) to mark his eighth birthday last week. The happy snap shows him having fun in the Norfolk countryside earlier this month.

Taken by his proud mother Kate, the third in line to the throne is seen perched on the bonnet of a Land Rover Defender, in a touching nod to the late Duke of Edinburgh, who died in April aged 99.

Prince Philip was a huge fan of Land Rover’s all- terrain vehicles and helped to design

With a long summer ahead of him, George looks ready for adventure

Prince George has every reason to look happy (above) as he is treated to a ringside seat in the royal box with his parents to see England defeat Germany in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals at Wembley in June

George beams at his mother the Duchess of Cambridge as she takes his birthday photo. In tribute to his great-grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh (far left with the Queen in 1968) he sits on a Land Rover Defender. Prince Philip also introduced him to carriage riding at Sandringham (left)

The young Prince leads the way as his parents take his then four-year-old sister Charlotte to her first day at Thomas’s Battersea in 2019. Kate had been forced to stay at home for George’s first day in 2017 because she was pregnant with Prince Louis and was suffering from severe morning sickness

From newborn (inset left) to toddler (from left, below), Kate and Prince William have celebrated each annual milestone with a special photo of their eldest son. For his third birthday, photographer Matt Porteous snapped him at Anmer Hall standing on an engraved swing ONE

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