(photo: Michael Middleton) Royal-baby fever is about to flare up again, as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge released two new family photos to the public on Monday.
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The clear star of the photographs, taken by Kate Middleton's father, Michael Middleton, is His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, ready for his close-up at just a few weeks old. In the pics, new mom Middleton – donning the $79 Jolene dress in fuchsia by maternity wear maker Seraphine – holds the swaddled infant while sitting and standing alongside husband Prince William, who's casually dressed in jeans and a button-down shirt with rolled-up sleeves.
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(photo: Michael Middleton) The world
first glimpsed Prince George on July 23, when he appeared with his mom and dad outside of St. Mary's Hospital in London, also wrapped in a white blanket. That was just a day after his birth at the hospital's Lindo Wing, where swarms of curious fans and story-hungry reporters and photographers were camped out to greet them, making for one of the most scrutinized deliveries in modern history.
The royals dealt with the attention gracefully, naturally, with
Prince William telling
CNN’s Max Foster just this week that he had been all too pleased to present his newborn to eager onlookers.
"I think I was on such a high anyway, and so was Catherine, about
George, that really, we were happy to show him off to whoever wanted to see him," he said during the interview, which took place at Kensington Palace. "As any new parent knows, you're only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he’s the best looking or the best everything."
The newest images were snapped in early August in the garden of the Middleton family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire. In one shot, mom, dad, and baby are joined by Lupo, their cocker spaniel, and the Middletons' retriever, Tilly.