The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released four official photographs to mark the christening of Prince Louis on Monday 9th July.
The photographs were taken by Matt Holyoak at Clarence House following Prince Louis’s christening.
Given her advancing years and remarkably busy schedule, it was understandable that the Queen, by mutual consent, chose not to attend Prince Louis’s christening.
But the 92-year-old monarch poignantly retains a place in an intimate family portrait taken in the Morning Room at Clarence House last week, watching over the next generation of her family.
The oil on canvas portrait of the Queen, by Michael Noakes between 1972 and 1973, appears to have been raised several inches up the wall from its previous position to ensure it is visible in the official picture by photographer, Matt Holyoak.
Below her, gathered together for the first time, are the faces of those who will carry the baton for decades to come, including all five Cambridges and Meghan Markle.
In the absence of the Queen, Carole Middleton takes centre stage in the wider family snapshot, standing alongside the Prince of Wales and directly behind her daughter and 11-week-old grandson, peacefully sleeping following his baptism in The Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace.
Pippa Matthews, the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister, who has a small pregnancy bump of her own, is joined in an official royal portrait for the first time by her husband, James Matthews, a hedge fund manager, who is positioned just behind her.
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- A photograph of Prince George and Princess Charlotte, taken by the Duchess of Cambridge at home in Anmer Hall, when her daughter was just a fortnight old.
- A photograph of the Prince of Wales and a young Prince Harry, in South Africa in 1997, taken during a half-term holiday shortly after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
- One of a pair of mid-18th century carved ornamental pedestals, part of the family’s own collection.
- A painting of George V talking to his racing manager at Aintree racecourse by Walter Sickert.
- A large framed photograph of Prince Harry, on a coffee table in the middle of the room.
- A pair of ornamental white rabbits, belonging to the family’s own collection.
- A Chippendale sofa and chair set, dating from 1773. Thought to have been acquired by Prince William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester, they are now part of the Royal Collection and have featured in numerous photographs of the Royal family at Clarence House.
- A black and white photograph of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, part of the private collection and believed to have been taken in the 1950s. The young couple lived at Clarence House as newlyweds, before the Queen’s coronation.
- A portrait of George Bernard Shaw with his eyes closed by Augustus John.
- A portrait of the young Queen, wearing a blue dress and hat.
- A mid-18th century turquoise French vase, imitating a Chinese style. The vase, one of a pair, is believed to have been sent from Brighton to Buckingham Palace in 1847.
- The official christening photograph for Prince George, featuring the Duke of Cambridge, Prince of Wales and the Queen.

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