Princess Charlotte's birthday dress is from the high street

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For Princess Charlotte's birthday this weekend, her parents shared some gorgeous snaps, once again taken by Kate Middleton - and if you haven't noticed already, she is the exact lookalike of another royal.

They were taken in April, while the family of five helped to pack up and deliver food packages to isolated pensioners in their local area. The packages were even said to include pasta made by the children themselves.

Meanwhile, Princess Charlotte looked adorable in a checked smock dress, which was surprisingly not by a designer, but by one of her mother's favourite high street stores, Zara.

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But if you were hoping to get your hands on the dress, I'm afraid it's been sold out for a while, as it was actually from last season. However, I've found this virtually identical one from Shein for £15.99 which is selling out fast, but if you're lucky you might get one of the last ones.

Shop now: SHEIN Girls Ruffle Trim Houndstooth Smock Dress for £15.99 from SHEIN

Though not much has bee revealed about how Princess Charlotte spent the rest of her fifth birthday, Kate Middleton talked in the past about her tradition of staying up late to bake a birthday cake the night before, so it's likely they had a little tea party to celebrate.

Penny Goldstone

Penny Goldstone is the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, covering everything from catwalk trends to royal fashion and the latest high street and Instagram must-haves.

Penny grew up in France and studied languages and law at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris before moving to the UK for her MA in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She moved to the UK permanently and has never looked back (though she does go back regularly to stock up on cheese and wine).

Although she's always loved fashion - she used to create scrapbooks of her favourite trends and looks, including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss' boho phase - her first job was at MoneySavingExpert.com, sourcing the best deals for everything from restaurants to designer sales.

However she quit after two years to follow her true passion, fashion journalism, and after many years of internships and freelance stints at magazines including Red, Cosmopolitan, Stylist and Good Housekeeping, landed her dream job as the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK.

Her favourite part of the job is discovering new brands and meeting designers, and travelling the world to attend events and fashion shows. Seeing her first Chanel runway IRL at Paris Fashion Week was a true pinch-me moment.