King and Queen reveal this year's Christmas card

King Charles and Queen Camilla person chosen a photograph of themselves taken successful the plot of Buckingham Palace for their authoritative Christmas card.

The photograph - taken successful April - shows the smiling mates lasting side-by-side connected what appears to beryllium a sunny day. The greeting wrong reads "Wishing you a precise blessed Christmas and New Year".

The King - lasting connected the near - is wearing a grey suit and bluish necktie with his close manus tucked into his pocket, portion the Queen wears a bluish wool crepe dress.

This photograph is their 3rd Christmas paper since Charles became King.

The image, captured by lensman Millie Pilkington, was taken arsenic the King returned to nationalist duties pursuing his crab diagnosis and treatment.

The palace said the paper reflects the infinitesimal beingness was opening to instrumentality to normality.

The photograph is besides a much informal representation than the 1 chosen for Christmas 2023.

Last year's representation was captured by Hugo Burnand and showed the royal mates successful the Throne Room astatine Buckingham Palace pursuing the coronation.

The mates were lasting side-by-side, with King Charles pictured wearing the Imperial State Crown and Queen Camilla wearing Queen Mary's Crown.

Christmas images utilized to decorate authoritative festive cards are regularly released by elder members of the Royal Family.

It volition instrumentality Charles and Camilla respective days to personally motion each the cards. There volition beryllium astir 2,700 which volition beryllium sent to radical crossed the globe including family, friends, satellite leaders and organisations.