The Queen shared childhood photos of the Duke of York to mark her second son’s 61st birthday on Friday.

The tweet on the royal family’s account read: “#OnThisDay in 1960 The Queen was safely delivered of a son, the first child born to a reigning Monarch since 1857. [camera emoji] Her Majesty is pictured holding Prince Andrew in 1961 on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, alongside The Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne and The Queen Mother.”