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Like children up and down the country, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will be honouring their mum the Princess of Wales.
It's likely they'll all be marking Mother's Day today, and no doubt the youngsters will have some treats in store for Kate.
But as well as saying thanks to their mum and their grandmother Carole Middleton, they will also have their other granny, Prince William's late mother Princess Diana in their thoughts.
Even though she did not get to meet her grandchildren, William has spoken in the past about how he talks to his three children about their granny.
Prince William with daughter Princess Charlotte (2022 Max Mumby/Indigo)
Princess Charlotte's Mother's Day card for Diana (@KensingtonRoyal /Twitter)And several years ago on Mother's Day, he shared some cards created for Diana - with Charlotte's containing a particularly poignant message.
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Her message was on a fuchsia-coloured card with a hand-drawn multi-coloured heart.
And in it, she made sure to mention how much her dad William misses his mum.
Charlotte wrote: "Dear Granny Diana, I am thinking of you on mother's day.
Diana with Prince William and Prince Harry in 1995 (Getty Images)"I love you very much. Papa is missing you. Lots of love Charlotte xxxxxxxxx".
Meanwhile, older brother George used joined-up writing on bright green card to say: "Dear granny Diana, Happy happy Mother's Day.
"I love you very much and think of you always, sending lots of love from George xxxxx.
And Louis, who was just two at the time, also used green card for his Mother's Day card which featured a colourful heart surrounded by several animals - all of which had been stuck onto the card.
Prince George's message to Diana (@KensingtonRoyal /Twitter)
The card for Diana made by Louis (@KensingtonRoyal /Twitter)The cards were posted on the official Twitter account for the Prince and Princess of Wales where four images were uploaded, with a heartfelt message.
In the 2017 documentary Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, William spoke openly saying he is committed to making sure his children know all about their late grandmother.
He said wants his kids to "know who she was and that she existed" and told how he "constantly" talks to his children "about Granny Diana" at bedtime so that they know “there are two grandmothers in their lives”.
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William and Kate with their children (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)The future king said: “We’ve got more photos up around the house now of her and we talk about her a bit.”
He added: "It's hard because obviously Catherine didn't know her so she cannot really provide that level of detail, so I regularly put George and Charlotte to bed, talk about her and just try to remind them that there are two grandmothers, there were two grandmothers in their lives.
"So it's important that they know who she was and that she existed."