ALL of the cuteness: the first pictures of Prince Louis have been released

We only got a quick glimpse of the little prince on his birthday on April 23.

Then, Prince Louis was in the arms of his proud mum, Duchess Kate, with dad Prince William also by their side on the steps of the Lindo Wing at St Mary Hospital in London. However, the world has now been given a better look at the baba... and yup, he's an absolute cutie. Kensington Palace shared the photo a little before midnight on Saturday evening revealing:

"This image of Prince Louis was taken by The Duchess of Cambridge at Kensington Palace on 26th April.‬ ‪ "The Duke and Duchess would like to thank members of the public for their kind messages following the birth of Prince Louis."

And to mark Charlotte's third birthday - her big day was on May 2 - a snap of the princess with her baby brother was furthermore shared: she can be seen kissing little Louis and all we can say is it's ALL OF THE CUTENESS. The caption accompanying that photo reads:

"This image was taken on 2nd May, on Princess Charlotte’s third Birthday.‬ ‪ "The Duke and Duchess would like to thank members of the public for their kind messages following the birth of Prince Louis, and for Princess Charlotte’s third birthday.‬"

Both pics were taken by the Duchess Of Cambridge at Kensington Palace.‬ Eldest Cambridge child, George, will be page boy, while Charlotte will act as flower girl for uncle Prince Harry's forthcoming May 19 wedding to Meghan Markle.