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  • Prince George kisses little sister Princess Charlotte
    Prince George kisses little sister Princess CharlotteTwitter/ Kensington Palace
  • Prince George with little sister Princess Charlotte captured by mummy Kate Middleton
    Prince George with little sister Princess Charlotte captured by mother Kate Middleton.Twitter/ Kensington Palace
  • Prince George smiles while holding little sister Princess Charlotte
    Prince George smiles while holding little sister Princess Charlotte.Twitter/ Kensington Palace
  • Prince George with little sister Princess Charlotte
    Prince George with little sister Princess Charlotte.Twitter/ Kensington Palace
  • Princess Charlotte
    Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, sleeps as she is carried in a car seat from the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, Britain, on 2 May 2015.Reuters
  • Prince George with daddy Prince Williams
    Prince George with father Prince Williams.Instagram/ Kensington Palace
  • Princess Charlotte
    Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge, appear with their daughter, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, Britain, on 2 May 2015.Reuters
  • Prince George
    Duchess of Cambridge along with Prince Williams holding Prince George in central London on 23 July 2013.Reuters
  • Prince George
    Duchess of Cambridge carries her son Prince George alongside her husband Prince William as they visit the Sensational Butterflies Exhibition at Natural History Museum in London, 2 July 2014.Reuters
  • Princess Diana
    Prince William makes a royal salute as he watches the scene of Trooping the Colour from the balcony of Buckingham Palace with his brother Harry and mother Princess Diana on 15 June 1985 in London.Reuters
  • Princess Diana
    Princess Diana holds her two sons Prince William, 6, and Prince Harry, 3, (front) as they pose during the mornings's picture session on 9 August 1987 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.Reuters
  • Princess Diana
    Princess Diana holds Prince Harry as her older son Prince William (L) looks out over the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London on 11 June 1988.Reuters
  • Princess Diana
    Young Prince Harry tries to hide behind mother Princess Diana during a morning picture session at Marivent Palace on 9 August 1988.Reuters

Kate Middleton has shown the world the bonding of siblings Prince George and Princess Charlotte through a series of photographs that were officially released by Kensington Palace.

The Duchess of Cambridge has captured some cute and adorable moments where Prince George, who turns two next month, is seen kissing his younger sister in his lap.

This is the first official portrait of Princess Charlotte since her birth on 2 May. In the series of four informal photographs, one can see how the siblings have bonded and how doting older brother Prince George is.

The pictures were taken by their mother at the family home, Anmer Hall, in Norfolk, just a couple of weeks after giving birth to the youngest royal at the Lindo wing of St Mary's Hospital in London.

Kensington Palace tweeted: "We're delighted to share the first photo of Prince George with his little sister Princess Charlotte."

"The photo of Prince George and Princess Charlotte was taken by The Duchess of Cambridge in mid-May," another tweet followed.

Twitter/ Kensington Palace

Clearly, Williams and Kate have once again ignored the traditional protocol of appointing an established portrait photographer as the Duchess of Cambridge has taken the shots herself.

In August 2013, it was Kate's father, Michael, who had taken the first official portrait of George.

And this time around, Kate Middleton, who is a keen amateur photographer and has studied photography as part of her history of art degree at St Andrews University, has herself set the frames.

Photographer Hugo Burnand, who took the official Royal Wedding pictures in 2011, has praised Kate's skills. "They're utterly beautiful images which Prince George and Princess Charlotte will treasure forever," he said.

Well, we guess the next set of official family pictures will be released only at Princess Charlotte's christening, due to take place on 5 July at St Mary Magdalene Church at the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.