(CNN) -- Forget about William and Catherine. The real star of this family is Prince George -- as this year's release of the royals' official Christmas photographs proves.
The three images, taken
outside with the young prince sitting on a flight of stone steps, show
the third-in-line to the throne looking relaxed and sporting a quizzical
look and a cheeky grin.
Over a long-sleeve white shirt, he wears a knitted, navy sweater vest featuring the iconic guardsmen seen outside Buckingham Palace, home to his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The pictures, taken in
late November, show Prince George in a courtyard at Kensington Palace,
where his parents have their official residence in an apartment recently refurbished at a cost of millions of dollars.
Photos: House of Windsor babies
George is in shorts,
rather than long pants, with knee-high socks and shoes. It's a look some
may love and others dismiss as rather twee.
One of the reasons
William and Catherine released the pictures was in acknowledgment of the
fact that their request for Prince George to grow up without intrusion
from photography has been, and continues to be, honored, Kensington
Palace said.
His parents seized the
limelight last week on a three-day trip to New York City, where they met
with celebrities, business leaders and political leaders, as well as
wowing crowds of onlookers.
In the course of the whirlwind tour,
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum,
chatted with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton at a Royal Foundation
reception and even met Jay Z, Beyonce and King James -- also known as
basketball star LeBron James -- at an NBA game between the Brooklyn Nets
and James' Cleveland Cavaliers.Young George was left at home on this occasion, having accompanied his parents on a spring trip to Australia and New Zealand. But these cute photos should restore the 17-month-old to center stage.
Catherine is due to give birth to the couple's second child in April next year.
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