The Princess of Wales is promoting the importance of a child's early years, and has shared a never-before-seen photo of herself as a child with her father, Michael Middleton.

"A face is a child's best toy. On Tuesday, we launched #ShapingUs to draw attention to the vital role our early years play in shaping the rest of our lives.

This weekend, we'd love it if you all spent time with your friends, families, colleagues and community talking about your early childhood and how it influenced your life.

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I hope you will also consider joining me and sharing a photo of yourself before your fifth birthday to help these conversations and share smiles and memories," Catherine captioned the photo and added that the shot was taken by her mother, Carol.

Earlier, on the 41st birthday of the Princess of Wales, we collected a selection of photos for you and showed what Catherine looked like as a child.

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