On May 1, only one day before Princess Charlotte’s sixth birthday, royal reporters unveiled a fresh photograph of Kate Middleton and Prince William’s only daughter. In line with tradition, Middleton took the shot this weekend in Norfolk.

This seems to imply that Prince William, Middleton, and their children will be spending Princess Charlotte’s birthday weekend in Sandringham.

Charlotte is wearing a lovely blue floral dress and her long, blonde hair is down in a side part. The little royal appears to be quite mature, but royal admirers immediately noted that she shares an uncanny resemblance to some elder members of the royal family.

People in the comments seemed to be split on whether the little princess resembled her father, Prince William, or her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Some people have been taken aback by Charlotte’s resemblance to Queen Elizabeth when she was her age.

Yes, I realize the portrait of the queen is in black and white, but Charlotte has a striking resemblance to her great-grandmother.

“She looks exactly like her Great Grandma the Queen!” said another.

“Am I the only one who doesn’t see similarities between Charlotte and the Queen?” one commenter wondered.

“Those Mountbatten-Windsor genes are STRONG: For comparison: the Queen at age 6 vs. Princess Charlotte at age 6,” Ellie Hall tweeted, with a photo of Princess Charlotte and Queen Elizabeth II at the same age.

Those Mountbatten-Windsor genes are STRONG:

For comparison: the Queen at age 6 vs. Princess Charlotte at age 6: pic.twitter.com/GOwTx4o6yd

— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) May 1, 2021

Others have seen parallels between Charlotte and her father, Prince William. Here are photos of William when he was younger.

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In this photo, Princess Charlotte’s grin, eyes, and even hair color look to be identical to her father’s.

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Someone wrote, “Omg she is all grown up and sooo blond such a beautiful little lady! She is definitely her dad’s mini me.”

Even though Princess Charlotte looks like William in his photos as a child, she is Queen Elizabeth’s mini me😍 pic.twitter.com/Xb4uO5uEHW

— AmorPowers’ attitude (@abbeyroad23) May 2, 2021

“Even though Princess Charlotte looks like William in his photos as a child, she is Queen Elizabeth’s mini me,” said another.

“This not so little girl turns six tomorrow… it seems yesterday that Princess Charlotte was born. Hoping she has a wonderful birthday tomorrow! I see so much of William, The Queen and Diana in her!” another added.

Kate is candid about her plans for Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis’s upbringing. “My parents taught me about the importance of qualities like kindness, respect, and honesty, and I realize how central values like these have been to me throughout my life,” she stated during a February 2017 visit to Mitchell Brook Primary School. “That is why William and I want to teach our little children, George and Charlotte, just how important these things are as they grow up.”

This is not the first time that people have made comparisons between Prince William’s only daughter and his grandmother. When the palace published Princess Charlotte’s first day of school photo at Willcocks Nursery School in Kensington in 2018, royal enthusiasts noticed that she resembled the queen.

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When Princess Charlotte’s fifth birthday photos were revealed last year, the internet noted a remarkable similarity to her second cousin Lady Sarah Chatto. Lady Sarah is the daughter of Queen Elizabeth’s only sister, Princess Margaret. Lady Sarah and Charlotte were born almost 52 years apart, according to Victoria Arbiter, the royal reporter who tweeted the comparison on Twitter (Lady Sarah’s birthday is May 1, 1964). Charlotte now appears to have two royal doppelgängers.