Princess Charlotte looks identical to her dad in fourth birthday photos

She may be Kate Middleton’s only daughter, but there’s no denying Princess Charlotte is the spitting image of her dad, Prince William.

Kensington Palace released three adorable snaps of the little princess, to celebrate her fourth birthday today.

And looking at photos of Prince William from 1986 when he was four-years-old, it’s clear where Charlotte got her looks.

One photo in particular shows the similarities between the pair, with Princess Charlotte scrunching up her face and smiling as she runs towards her mum, Kate Middleton, with a daffodil in her hand.

Her facial features are almost uncanny to a photo of Prince William in the gardens of his Highgrove home in 1986, where he is seen wearing Parachute Regiment uniform to play on his climbing frame.

Another photo shows Charlotte smiling at the camera as she confidently sits on a fence within the grounds of her parents’ Norfolk abode.

She’s wearing a grey button-up cardigan over a blue, purple and cream tartan dress. It looks to be the same style as the Amaia Kids one she wore when the Cambridges had a family day out with the Tindalls, at the Burnham horse trials in Norfolk during the Easter holidays.

While she always wore a bow in her hair as a toddler, Charlotte’s hair is swept back in a neat ponytail as she plays outside.

In the third image taken within the grounds of their London residence Kensington Palace, the birthday girl poses for mum Kate, looking straight at the camera, with her hands wrapped around her knees.

Kate has swapped Charlotte’s country casual attire for one of the youngster’s signature floral blue smock dresses with a peter pan collar.

She wears it with laceless navy blue pumps and a matching bow in her locks.

Extra reporting by Danielle Stacey

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