Royal tweet prompts people to ask 'Did Prince George get hold of the iPad?'

The unusual tweet, which appeared shortly after the Palace released photos of Prince Charlotte, was deleted minutes after being sent

Breaking with royal tradition, the photographs of Prince George and Princess Charlotte were taken by their mother and feature the two royal siblings together (PA)

A nonsense tweet on the Kensington Palace Twitter account briefly prompted speculation over Prince George had got his hands on the royal iPad.

Others questioned whether the Twitter account itself had been hacked. But the unusual tweet was deleted soon afterwards and there were no further similar messages.

The message, just a series of letters, appeared just minutes after the Palace shared the first official portraits of Princess Charlotte.

The unusual tweet from the @KensingtonRoyal account was deleted soon after it had been posted (@KensingtonRoyal)

The tweet, which would have appeared in the twitter feeds of the Palace's more than 480,000 followers, prompted the Mail Online to ask "Did George get hold of Mummy's iPad?"

Kensington Palace issued four images of Princess Charlotte on Saturday, taken by the Duchess of Cambridge in mid-May at Anmer Hall, the family's home in eastern England.

The images showed Charlotte dressed in a white sweater and propped up on a pillow, cradled by Prince George, who turns 2 in July.

Charlotte was born May 2 and is fourth in line to the throne.

(Additional reporting by agencies)