Overview
- Kensington Palace, which posted Thursday, marked Prince Louis’s eighth birthday with a new Matt Porteous portrait and a short video from a recent trip to Cornwall.
- The photo shows Louis in a blue quarter‑zip by the sea, and the video captures him digging in sand, playing beach cricket, and jumping into the water in a wetsuit.
- Louis attends Lambrook School, and reports said he spent the day in class, with a private celebration expected later at the family’s Windsor home, Forest Lodge.
- Prince William visited the Jaguar TCS Racing base in Oxfordshire on Thursday in a separate official engagement before any family festivities.
- The releases continue the Waleses’ tradition of annual birthday portraits and selective home footage to satisfy interest while protecting their children’s privacy.