King Charles releases photo for first Christmas card as monarch

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A picture taken on December 11, 2022 shows King Charles III and the Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort’s 2022 Christmas card, depicting the royal couple attending the Braemar Games on the September 3, 2022, displayed in front of a Christmas tree in Clarence House, London. AFP

LONDON — Buckingham Palace on Sunday released the photograph for King Charles’ first Christmas card as monarch, a picture of the then-heir to the throne with his wife Camilla at the Braemar Games in Scotland.

The Braemar Gathering is a celebration of traditional Scottish games, sports and dancing in Braemar, a village 60 miles west of Aberdeen, which neighbors the King’s Balmoral summer residence.

The photo, chosen by Charles and Camilla, was taken on Sept. 3, shortly before he came to the throne. Queen Elizabeth, who missed the event for the first time in her 70 year reign this year, died less than a week later.

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