Adorable Portraits of Royal Kids and Babies

Princess Margaret developed a hard-earned reputation as the party-loving "wild child" younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, but all those scandals were years away when the infant princess posed for this adorable baby photo in 1930.

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The Queen Mother had yet to be elevated from her then-title of Duchess of York when she posed with her daughters, Margaret (L) and Elizabeth, with the future queen displaying the regal poise that would be her hallmark for the next 80-something years. Given the turbulence of their upbringing — their father ascending to the throne after the abdication of their uncle — the sisters were said to have formed a particularly close bond as children.

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Taken a few weeks after his birth in 1949, young Prince Charles is cute as a royal button. And here's a fun fact: Charles was the first royal baby to be born in Buckingham Palace in the 20th century.

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The Queen poses for this portrait with youngsters Prince Charles and Princess Anne, whose curly blonde hair is reminiscent of Little Orphan Annie.

In this 1971 photo, the Queen looks at a photo album with her younger sons, Prince Andrew (L) and Prince Edward. Andrew, by the way, was recently described by a royal reporter as a “mummy’s boy” can “do no wrong” in the eyes of the Queen.

Princess Diana proudly displays infant Prince William in this photo, taken during the holiday season in 1982. Diana's first child, William was the apple of his mother's eye and spent much quality time with her when he was a youngster. Which makes what happened a few years later all the more heartbreaking...

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Diana and Charles pose with William for this family photo, taken in February 1983. Despite the happy smiles, we now know that all was not well in this royal marriage...

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By 1985, William had been joined by a little brother for this photo of he, Harry and Diana posing at a piano.

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Three-month-old Prince George was all dolled up in a royal christening gown for his 2013 christening — and doesn't look particularly thrilled about it.

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Fast forward to 2018, when the five-year-old prince offered a giant smile while posing in front of a brick wall like he's filming a Netflix standup comedy special.

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Little Princess Charlotte was just a few weeks shy of her second birthday when this photo was taken — by none other than her mom, the Duchess of Cambridge a.k.a. Kate Middleton.

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Prince Louis, youngest child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, grabs a snooze at his christening in 2018.

The Queen teaches Prince Louis how to make the perfect royal grumpy face at the 2019 Trooping the Colour ceremony.

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The first photo of little Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, first son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, taken two days after his birth. Royal-watchers can look forward to plenty of cute photos of little Archie to come...

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