Fans went so gaga over new photos marking Prince Georges sixth birthday that Kensington Palace issued a statement Sunday thanking the public for all your lovely messages!

Three new photos of the little prince were posted on the Twitter and Instagram account of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ahead of the big day on Monday. George looked delighted in the snaps and appeared to be missing a tooth or two.

In two of the photos, he wore an England soccer jersey in the gardens of Kensington Palace. One of these images, which showed him laughing while lying on the grass, received nearly 1 million likes by Sunday night.