Photos: Royal family releases new portraits of Prince George

In these photos provided by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and taken in late Nov. 2014, Britain's Prince George poses for photographs in a courtyard at Kensington Palace, London. Great-grandchild to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George was born July 22, 2013, the son of Prince William Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, and is third in line to the British throne.

Prince George is growing up fast and quickly turning from a toddler to a young boy, three official Christmas photographs released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge show. He may only be 16 months old in the pictures taken a few weeks ago, but George, third in line to the throne, looks self-assured and confident. In all of the photos a rosy-cheeked George is sitting on stone steps in a courtyard at Kensington Palace, where his parents, William and Kate, live in Princess Margaret's former apartment.

The photographs have just been released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and are the first official pictures of George since his first birthday in July.

Photo Credit: (AP Photo/TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge).