Young British royals say ‘We love you, Papa’ in Father’s Day message

LONDON – The three young children of British heir-to-the-throne Prince William and his wife, Princess Kate, released a Father’s Day message and photograph on June 16, saying “We love you, Papa”.

The photo shows the three children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six, hugging Prince William on a beach, with the photograph taken from behind as they all look out to sea.

The caption says the photo was taken by Princess Kate and reads: “We love you, Papa. Happy Father’s Day”, followed by two red hearts and G, C & L.

The photograph was released a day after Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, was seen in public for the first time since she

revealed she was undergoing treatment for cancer.

Princess Kate, Prince William and the children joined King Charles and other members of the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after watching a military parade to celebrate the monarch’s official birthday.

The princess, 42, spent two weeks in hospital in January after she

underwent major abdominal surgery.

Two months later, she announced in a video message that tests revealed the presence of cancer and she was receiving preventive chemotherapy.

She is still undergoing treatment, but she said in a statement on June 14 that she was

able to attend the “Trooping the Colour” event

because she was making good progress, although she noted that she was “not out of the woods” yet.

In a separate post on June 16, the couple shared a photograph of Prince William as a child playing football with his father, King Charles. REUTERS