Held in a loving embrace, the latest addition to the Royal Family receives a gentle kiss from his older sister Charlotte to wake him from his peaceful slumber.
And in a second photograph, the pink-cheeked Prince Louis looks much more alert as he takes in his new surroundings at Kensington Palace.
The touching snaps – taken by his mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, and released yesterday – are the first glimpses of the Prince since he was taken home from St Mary's Hospital where he was born 13 days ago.
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They strongly resemble those that the Duchess, 36, took of Princess Charlotte as a newborn, when she was cradled by her older brother Prince George.