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What's behind the new Prince Louis photo?

'Happy 6th birthday Prince Louis' said the caption on social media. But a lot of grown up calculations had been made before the picture was published.

Sean Coughlan says there was a conversation among royal correspondents from various news organisations about whether there would be a royal birthday photograph to mark Prince Louis's sixth birthday. And a photograph might usually have been expected – aimed at royal fans and the newspaper front pages. But it’s tricky because could the palace put out such a publicity photo, while at the same time calling for privacy for Louis’s mother, Catherine, while she undergoes cancer treatment? The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Royal Correspondent reflects on an interesting balancing act.

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Image: Kensington Palace

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