The birth of the nation’s future monarch has been immortalised on a Snodland wall by an internationally renowned graffiti artist.

Darren Cullen, who has previously worked for Adidas, Microsoft and last year’s Olympic Games, spent all of yesterday painting the mural at Brookland Lake, just off Brook Street.

The 39-year-old artist, who has lived in Larkfield for the past two years, spent over 12 hours painting the mural, which depicts the Duchess of Cambridge cradling her new born child.

Mr Cullen, who also goes by the same of SER, said: “This was a big job to take on and something I was keen to take on because I’m very proud to be British.

“In terms of trying to pull something off and make it look so realistic is tough. Most people think graffiti is all about cartoons but that’s a misconception, this is a detailed piece.

“A lot of my work is on ad campaigns for big corporations and gets destroyed after a short while. This is going to be a little more permanent, at least I hope it will be, so I’m happy about that.”

Before applying a single drop of paint Mr Cullen spent hours on end tirelessly analysing “hyper-close” shots of Kate.

His style of work, called hyper realism, required each pixel to be assessed in order to create the lifelike image of Prince William’s wife.

“This was a big job to take on and something I was keen to take on because I’m very proud to be British" - artist Darren Cullen

Mr Cullen rose to prominence after he was arrested and banned from coming within one mile of any venue at London 2012, despite being commissioned by Adidas to paint rooms in the Olympic Village.

It was a pre-emptive strike against alleged vandals and his job with the sports manufacturer was cancelled, although the vast amount of work would have made it difficult for him to complete to deadline.

The case against Mr Cullen was dropped last week, but despite being banned from the sporting event the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games contacted him to help work on the set of the opening ceremony.

This request was approved by the British Transport Police and Mr Cullen completed final checks on parts of the set before it went into the arena.

The Larkfield-based artist is the head of Graffiti Kings, a company which has over 810,000 likes on Facebook and undertakes a range of projects; from children’s bedrooms to advertising campaigns for global brands.