A brand new Christmas card picture of the Wales household was launched in the present day by Kensington Palace.

The message accompanying the picture says, “The Prince and Princess of Wales are delighted to share a brand new {photograph} of their household.” The picture was taken in Norfolk earlier this 12 months, probably in the summertime from the seems to be of the foliage. The picture was shot by Matt Porteous, who took the images used for the 2020 and 2018 vacation playing cards, and several other different notable occasions for the household. 

King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, shared their 2022 Christmas card earlier this week. The picture was shot by Samir Hussein on the Braemar Video games in September.

Now for a glance again on the Cambridge/Wales annual household images. In 2021, the Cambridges posed throughout a trip in Jordan. The Duchess of Cambridge wore a gown by Sea NY. 

Under, the 2020 picture by Mr. Porteous, shot on the household’s nation property, Anmer Corridor.

In 2019, the Duchess took the picture used for the playing cards.   

There was additionally a extra formal picture utilized in 2019. The picture was not launched by Kensington Palace however was posted on social media by a person who acquired the cardboard.

The 2018 picture by Mr. Porteous is certainly one of my favorites, exhibiting a relaxed Cambridge household at Anmer Corridor. The Duchess sported her Fjällräven Övik Re-Wool Model sweater, and gingham checked shirt.

A proper posed picture was used for 2017’s vacation playing cards. It was taken by Chris Jackson, Getty’s royal photographer. The Duchess wore a Catherine Walker go well with first seen throughout her solo 2016 journey to the Netherlands.

For his or her 2016 Christmas playing cards, in addition to thanks notes, the household used an image from a kids’s social gathering held throughout their 2016 Canada tour. The Duchess wore a See by Chloé gown in that image.

The primary time the household launched an official picture for Christmas was in 2015, sharing a picture with a really younger Princess Charlotte and older brother Prince George, taken by Chris Jelf at Kensington Palace. I don’t consider we definitively recognized the shirt or sweater seen on this picture.

For the 2014 vacation season, the household launched a sequence of images exhibiting a jolly-looking Prince George on the steps of Kensington Palace. They had been taken by Edward Lane Fox, Prince Harry’s former non-public secretary.

Now for our take a look at what Kate wears within the new picture. She introduced again a chunk first worn in Might 2019 (in images shot by Matt Porteous) on the unveiling of her Again to Nature Backyard on the Chelsea Flower Present.

We noticed the shirt once more throughout June 2020 Zoom calls made through the UK’s annual Volunteers Week. 

The Mabel Shirt by MiH Denims is crafted from a light-weight cotton broderie Anglaise with a floral motif. It featured a button entrance, puffed sleeves, and scalloped trim on the cuffs, hem, and neckline.

I can’t inform from the images exactly which denims the Duchess is carrying, however we are able to see she has on her Superga Cotu Traditional sneaker ($51.78 at Zappos, $65 at Nordstrom). The type is solely $19.99 at Superga, however they solely have just a few sizes accessible. A purchasing word: Superga reveals its whole web site priced at $19.99 as of tonight.

Tonight’s What Kate’s Children Wore put up has particulars on what the youngsters are carrying within the new picture.  

I’ll see you Thursday when the Princess of Wales hosts the second annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey.