As Prince George turns 12, the royal family have issued a birthday portrait of the future King and everyone is pointing out the same thing.

George's 12th birthday was marked by the release of an official portrait, showing him looking remarkably grown-up.

Prince George looks at home in the countryside in a new picture released by Prince William and Princess Kate to mark his birthday. The future king turned 12 on July 22 after a year in which his mother emerged from a bleak period undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.