William and Kate release photographs of prince

Britain’s Prince George is growing up fast and quickly turning from a toddler to a young boy, official Christmas photographs released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge show.

He may only be 16 months old in the pictures taken a few weeks ago, but George, third in line to the throne, looks self-assured and confident.

In all of the photos a rosy-cheeked George is sitting on stone steps in a courtyard at Kensington Palace, where his parents, William and Kate, live in Princess Margaret’s former apartment.