Prince George, 2, gets boost from foam blocks in royal photo

Associated Press

Updated April 20, 2016 6:02 PM

In this image released by the Royal Mail on Wednesday April 20, 2016, Britain's Prince George stood on foam blocks during a photo shoot for the Royal Mail in the summer of 2015 in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in London for a stamp sheet to mark the 90th birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. The image features four generations of the Royal family, from left, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George and Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. Ranald Mackechnie AP

LONDON

Britain’s Prince George gets a boost in a photo for a new British stamp set – thanks to some foam blocks and duct tape.

The toddler prince is pictured alongside his father Prince William, grandfather Prince Charles and great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II in stamps issued to mark the queen’s 90th birthday on Thursday.

The adults are seated, but a smiling George stands atop four foam blocks secured with tape so that his head is at roughly the same height as the others. The blocks can’t be seen on the stamp, but a full-length version of the image by photographer Ranald Mackechnie was released by the Royal Mail on Wednesday.

The group photograph has been issued as a sheet that divides into four stamps, one for each of the royals.

This story was originally published April 20, 2016 at 2:46 PM with the headline "Prince George, 2, gets boost from foam blocks in royal photo."

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