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King and Queen choose 20th wedding anniversary portrait for Christmas card

The King and Queen have released their Christmas card for this year, featuring a portrait of the royal couple arm in arm as they celebrated their 20th anniversary.

The photograph was taken earlier this year as the couple visited Villa Wolkonsky, the British ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy.

It is framed inside the card by a dark red border, with the printed message in a matching colour on the opposite side reading "Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year".

Charles and Camilla's wedding anniversary on 9 April came on the same day they met Pope Francis, who died less than two weeks later at the age of 88.

In the image, taken by royal photographer Chris Jackson, Camilla is wearing a white and beige coat dress by Anna Valentine and a lily of the valley brooch, while the King is dressed in a blue pinstripe suit with a grey tie and a silk handkerchief in his chest pocket.

The Christmas card is the couple's fourth since Charles ascended to the throne.

Hundreds of copies are sent out every year to family, friends, world leaders, diplomats, charities and organisations.

For last year's Christmas card, Charles and Camilla chose a picture of them smiling in the Buckingham Palace garden.

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The year before that, the card showed the royal couple in the Throne Room at the Palace following the coronation.

The picture, by Hugo Burnand, showed Charles wearing the Imperial State Crown, coronation tunic and the robe of estate, with Camilla wearing Queen Mary's Crown.

On Friday, the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children attended the Together at Christmas carol service, where they were joined by Hollywood stars including Kate Winslet and singer Katie Melua.

But the focus of Kate's annual service at Westminster Abbey was the UK's local communities and the princess took the time beforehand to thank volunteers from across the country.

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