Queen Elizabeth Smitten With Adorable-Looking Prince Charles In This Throwback Photo

Queen Elizabeth looks smitten with her adorable-looking son, Prince Charles, in a throwback photo.

The snap, which was uploaded on Instagram by a royal fan, shows Her Majesty cradling Prince Charles in her arms. The toddler is grinning from ear to ear while staring at the person standing beside the camera.

Her Majesty, on the other hand, is staring lovingly at her son. She also has a huge smile on her face, and she couldn’t be happier to be with her eldest child.

In the picture, the 93-year-old monarch is wearing a long-sleeved dress, which she accentuated with her pearl earrings. Prince Charles, on the other hand, is wearing what looks like a christening attire.

According to Town & Country, the Queen had very different relationships with her four children while they were growing up. Since she was just newly-crowned as Queen when Prince Charles was born, Her Majesty didn’t get to spend much time with her eldest child.

As such, reports swirled that Prince Charles was unable to form a strong bond with his parents. Royal historian Robert Lacey said that the Queen felt that it was wiser to leave her children under the care of their nannies instead of bringing them with her on tours.

“She had been brought up in that style herself, after all, with her parents leaving her at home and entrusting her entire schooling to a governess and home tutors,” he told the publication.

Royal author Sally Bedell-Smith echoed Lacey’s sentiments. She said that the Queen was very busy after her two oldest children were born that she increasingly relied on Prince Philip to make some big decisions for their family.

“She relied increasingly on her husband to make the major family decisions and she depended on the nannies to supervise the daily lives,” she said.

According to Bedell-Smith, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh only saw their children during breakfast and tea time. However, they were never physically demonstrative towards them.