DADDY'S GIRL: 'LILIBET HAS HER FATHER'S CHEEKY SMILE'

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX'S DAUGHTER LILIBET IS THE SPITTING IMAGE OF HER DAD IN A NEW PHOTOGRAPH TO CELEBRATE HER FIRST BIRTHDAY

- RHIANNA BENSON

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released a precious photograph of their daughter Lilibet to celebrate her first birthday. The new image was taken at Frogmore Cottage and showed Lilibet, who turned one on 4 June, smiling in the sunshine.

Their little girl was seen in a pale blue smock dress with her strawberry-blonde hair tied back with a white bow. Meghan reportedly chose California-based designer Isabel Garretón to design the frock - whose company of more than 30 years went out of business earlier this year as her brand has previously pledged "support the advancement of underprivileged women" and help break "the cycle of poverty".

Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, who are also parents to three-year-old Archie, hosted a garden party in the Windsor Estate for the occasion, where the festivities consisted of a "casual and intimate" picnic. It is understood that the couple's wedding baker Claire Ptak, from east London's Violet Bakery, made a cake to celebrate Lilibet's special day.

The snap was taken by photographer and friend of the couple Misan Harriman, who also captured Harry and Meghan's announcement picture when the duchess was pregnant with Lilibet. Misan, 45, attended the small party with his wife Camilla Holmstroem and their two daughters.