King Charles releases charming new photo with Camilla for first Christmas card as monarch - Express

King George V delivers the Royal Christmas Message successful 1932

King Charles III got into the Christmas spirit, releasing a charming vacation paper featuring his woman Queen Camilla by his side. The authoritative Christmas paper features a recently released photograph of the King and Queen, Camilla is adorned successful accepted Christmas colours - a wood greenish beret capped with a feather and overgarment with a reddish tartan trim - an homage to Scotland, a spot the mates holds dear.

King Charles wore a airy tweed blazer with a red, greenish and golden necktie on with a purple angiosperm boutonniere pinned to his jacket.

"Wishing you a precise Happy Christmas and New Year," the paper reads.

The photograph was taken earlier this twelvemonth successful September erstwhile King Charles and Camilla were attending the Braemar Gathering adjacent Balmoral, successful Scotland.

The precocious Queen, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, was incapable to be the lawsuit for the archetypal clip successful her 70 twelvemonth reign owed to mobility issues.

The King and Queen released a charming caller photograph for their Christmas card. (Image: Samir Hussein/PA Wire)

'Wishing you a precise Happy Christmas and New Year,' the paper reads. (Image: Samir Hussein/PA Wire)

The photograph was taken astatine the Braemar Gathering adjacent Balmoral, successful Scotland. (Image: Samir Hussein/PA Wire)

The Christmas paper marks King Charles and Camilla's archetypal since his mother's decease successful September, the photograph was taken conscionable days earlier Her Majesty died connected September 8.

The precocious Queen, similar her lad and Camilla, had a heavy transportation with Scotland and Balmoral was said to beryllium her favourite residence.

Although the Queen was incapable to be the event, it was unrecorded streamed for the archetypal clip successful its past truthful that she could ticker the games from the comfortableness of Balmoral.

The Braemar Gathering is 1 of the astir celebrated Highland Games events successful the satellite and takes spot connected the archetypal Saturday of September each twelvemonth adjacent the castle.

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King Charles III, who was the Prince of Wales astatine the time, dressed successful accepted Scottish apparel. (Image: GETTY)

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was fond of attending the Braemar Gathering adjacent Balmoral. (Image: GETTY)

The King and Queen Consort attended the lawsuit with Princess Anne and Timothy Laurence.

This year, King Charles, arsenic monarch, volition marque the Christmas code connected Christmas Day.

It volition beryllium the archetypal clip successful astir 70 years that the code volition person been made by a King and the archetypal clip successful past that a antheral monarch delivers the televised message.

Although we won't cognize the contented of his connection until it is broadcast connected Christmas day, it is wide expected that Charles volition wage tribute to his parent and her 70 twelvemonth reign.

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Princess Anne attended the gathering with King Charles III and Queen Camilla. (Image: GETTY)

The Queen and Prince Phillip astatine the Braemar Gathering. (Image: GETTY)

The contented of sending a royal Christmas paper goes backmost much than 100 years.

One of the archetypal royal Christmas cards was sent by King George V and Queen Mary - Queen Elizabeth II’s grandparents - with a handwritten enactment to troops successful the UK during the archetypal twelvemonth of the First World War.

"With our champion wishes for Christmas 1914, whitethorn God support you and bring you location safe," the paper read.

Since then, the cards person go a spot much chipper with astir of the royal households sending retired a vacation greeting with their champion wishes.