Simon Cowell and son Eric go for matching shades on holiday

Simon Cowell has shared a picture of himself and his son Eric wearing matching sunglasses.

The first time father took to his Twitter account yesterday to share the picture of the pair wearing aviator style sunglasses while on holiday.

Along with the picture, in which the X Factor mogul and his son are wearing the Ray Ban shades on what looks like a yacht, Simon added the caption: "Taking after daddy (sic)."

The 54-year-old, who welcomed Eric into the world with girlfriend Lauren Silverman on Valentine’s Day, has since shared a number of adorable pictures of their son on his Twitter account.

Music mogul Simon recently shared a picture of himself bathing son Eric and another of him appearing to read a magazine, with the caption: "Eric has already learnt to read!"

Despite enjoying some father-son time, it won’t playtime for long as Simon will soon be getting down to hard work on the new series of the X Factor.