James Middleton Shares Adorable Photo of Son Inigo on Skis and Reflects on Past 'January Blues'

Mar. 15, 2025

James Middleton at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in Berlin, Germany on Nov. 8, 2018.Photo:Matthias Nareyek/Getty

Matthias Nareyek/Getty

On Jan. 9,Kate Middleton’s younger brother posted photos of a recent skiing adventure with  Alizée and their 1-year-old son onInstagram, and wrote about navigating the “January blues.” James, a pet food entrepreneur, has been open about his previousstruggles with depressionand said he finds solace in taking life one day at a time.

“A different type of January blues… 🩵🏔,” James began the Instagram carousel, which opened with an adorable photo of Inigo on skis! The shot showed the toddler all bundled up on a mountaintop, where he expertly held a tiny pole in each hand. Two of the family’s six dogs were next to Inigo and appeared in all the following pictures.

“The past is imperfect, the future will be too — take each day as a new day, you can be excited about the future … the past won’t mind!” the James & Ella founder said.

Alizee Thevenet, James Middleton and Inigo Middleton in James' Jan. 9, 2025 Instagram picture.James Middleton/Instagram

James Middleton/Instagram

Reflecting, James said, “I can’t believe how quickly Inigo is growing up— in fact that scares me the most … I fear if I blink I will miss it … but like with the dogs we include him in all of our adventures making memories taking each day as it comes … "

The Princess of Walesturned 43on Jan. 9, and James dropped a festive comment on Prince William’s emotional social post celebrating Kate.

James dropped two emojis below — a birthday cake and red heart — sending love on his sister’s special day. The Princess of Wales blew out her candles after a challenging year in which she underwentabdominal surgery, wasdiagnosed with cancerandcompleted chemotherapy.

Kate Middleton, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Prince William and Prince George walk to St. Mary Magdalene in Sandringham on Dec. 25, 2024.OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty

OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty

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PEOPLE understands that Princess Katespent her birthday at homewith Prince William and George, Charlotte and Louis when they were out of school.

The Wales family recently joinedKing Charlesfor Christmas at Sandringham, and the royals kids returned to the classroom on Jan. 8 after a holiday break.

source: people.com