Veteran Photographer Reveals Why Capturing Prince Louis Is So Different Than the Other Royals
Prince Louis keeps stealing the spotlight with his cheeky, unpredictable energy and even royal photographers can’t get enough of it.
The British Royal Family is no stranger to the cameras, and the younger generation is clearly getting used to the spotlight, too. Longtime photographer Chris Jackson revealed in his new book that Prince Louis apparently gets totally “hyped up” during big royal events. In Modern Majesty: The British Royal Family Today, Jackson, who has spent years capturing the monarchy, gives a behind-the-scenes titbit of the royals. The book is packed with everything from major state visits to more relaxed, candid moments.
However, the photographer revealed that getting photos of the Wales kids is not exactly easy. He told Us Weekly, “We don’t really get the opportunity to photograph the children very often, which is great, because it makes it all the more special.” However, the Trooping the Color event provides one of those chances where people get a glimpse of the children. “Trooping the Color is an event that’s really important in the diary, and you see the children grow up over the years, and you look back, and it’s kind of like a touch point for the family on the balcony, things change, the children grow,” he added.
Out of all the moments Jackson has clicked of Louis, capturing him at the Trooping the Colour 2025 is his absolute favourite. The seven-year-old’s super-animated interaction with the crowd outside Buckingham Palace had him completely entertained behind the camera. He explains, “You are just chuckling behind the long lens on the balcony because he was waving at the crowd and they were waving at him, and he was waving at them, and you could see him getting hyped up.”
At the event, it is always Louis who ends up stealing the spotlight. Whether it is his over-the-top expressions or the way he excitedly waves at the crowds gathered below the Buckingham Palace balcony. Jackson continued, “So, he’d wave, and they’d all cheer, and he’d wave, and he could see the response, he was loving it, and everyone’s laughing around him. It’s a lovely photo of him in the middle of his family.”
Having photographed the Wales children many times, Jackson has watched Louis, along with his older siblings Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince George, 12, grow up in front of the cameras. Based on his observations, he feels they are beginning to understand that their lives are a bit different from those of other kids. He told Page Six, “I’m guessing they realize it’s not normal to be in these situations. It’s lovely to see them interacting together.”
It is not just the big, grand events either; Jackson has captured it all. He shares hundreds of photos in his book, spanning everything from major state visits to more relaxed moments with King Charles at Highgrove House. “King Charles in Highgrove feeding his chickens, these are a million miles away from the pomp and the ceremony of royal engagements. Those are the environments they definitely feel most relaxed, but you don’t often get the opportunity to photograph them in places like that,” Jackson shared.
