King Charles and Camilla's Christmas card shows pair at Highland Games

King Charles and the Queen Consort person chosen a photograph taken days earlier Queen Elizabeth's decease for their authoritative Christmas paper this year.

The representation selected for the couple's archetypal festive paper since Charles became King was taken astatine the Braemar Royal Highland Gathering connected 3 September.

Charles, past inactive the Prince of Wales, and Camilla are pictured smiling successful the changeable taken by Sam Hussein.

She passed distant 5 days aboriginal connected 8 September, aged 96.

The image, released by Buckingham Palace, captures the King successful profile, dressed successful a tweed suit with a red, greenish and beige tie.

His woman is wearing a greenish suit, matching chapeau with a pheasant motif and pearl earrings.

They were joined by crowds from astir the satellite to ticker competitors instrumentality portion successful the caber toss, hammer propulsion and tug of war.

During the fashionable Highland Games event, Charles officially opened a caller operation celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee astatine The Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park.

To people the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Archway, helium chopped a heather rope.

Before the Games got nether way, Camilla and the Princess Royal were presented with heather posies by Chloe Guy, 10, and Cassie Stewart, 12, some members of the Braemar Royal Highland Society's dancing class, earlier the Games got nether way.

Camilla appeared to instrumentality a sprig of flowers and enactment it successful her buttonhole, which tin beryllium seen successful the Christmas paper photograph.