With parents like his, there was never any doubt Prince George was going to be a bonny baby. But perhaps he has his mother to thank for one of his most charming features. For looking at a picture of the Duchess of Cambridge as a baby, it\u2019s clear he has inherited his adorable chubby cheeks from her. But George\u2019s flick of fair hair on show in the latest Cambridge family portrait is undeniably the mark of his father, who was blond at a similar age. George is also said to have one bottom tooth popping through and has just learnt to crawl.\nWhen it comes to dress sense, however, his grandfather \u2013 rather than his fashionable mother \u2013 is leaving his mark. It emerged yesterday that George\u2019s blue jumper which bears his name was a gift from Prince Charles. It is believed he had it created for his grandson in machine-made cashmere, favoured by Johnstons of Elgin, a family-run wool mill that holds the Royal Warrant for Prince Charles.
\nThe portrait, released yesterday to mark Mother\u2019s Day, was taken through a window of the Cambridges\u2019 home, Apartment 1A of Kensington Palace, by renowned photographer Jason Bell. He was also commissioned to take the official photos of Prince George\u2019s christening in October last year.
\nIn the latest photo eight-month-old George appears besotted with family pet Lupo, gazing affectionately at the spaniel.
\nKate takes the job of holding George, as was the case in the official christening portrait, while William ensures Lupo behaves himself as he did in another photo of the family taken by the duchess\u2019s father Michael Middleton. But perhaps the most striking aspect of this latest picture is Prince George\u2019s resemblance to his mother.
\nA photo of Kate taken in 1982, the year she was born, reveals she had equally round cheeks and a similar snub nose. Looking rather bemused, Kate was attending the first birthday party of Nicola Brown, her first best friend, with her mother Carole.
\nThe release of William and Kate\u2019s portrait comes ahead of the couple\u2019s three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia next week.
\nThe duke and duchess are said to be looking forward to it immensely, particularly because they are taking Prince George with them.
\nThe couple have planned the trip so that they are able to return to George every night, apart from on two evenings.
\nTheir new Spanish Norland-trained nanny Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo is also travelling with them to share childcare duties.
\nWhile the Queen was forced to leave her two young children \u2013 Charles and Anne \u2013 at home when she undertook a six-month Commonwealth tour in 1953, William has told friends that leaving George behind was \u2018unthinkable\u2019.
\nWilliam and Kate are said to delight in the daily changes they see in their son.\u2018The only thing they are worried about is how he will cope with the long flight,\u2019 a source said, before adding: \u2018He is a really happy and chilled little boy but they have warned people he might be a little grumpy.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"