The Kensington Palace on Tuesday released two new portraits of the British royal family, before Prince Charles's 70th birthday on Wednesday. The photos, taken by Chris Jackson, feature Charles and his wife, the Duchess Camilla, Prince William, Duchess Kate, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan, as well as Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
"I wish the Prince of Wales a very happy 70th birthday!" the palace wrote on Twitter. "Two new photographs of the Prince of Wales and his family, taken by @ChrisJack_Getty in the Clarence House Garden, were published on the occasion of HRH's 70th birthday."
The family smiles beautifully on color-matched photos, with everyone dressed in white, blue, or a combination of both. In the first published portrait, they seemed more relaxed than expected in the official portraits published by the Palace, echoing the loosening of the rules that observers of British royalty have noticed and changed.
Meghan, Camilla and George are all laughing at laughing in the portrait. George is sitting enthusiastically on his grandfather's lap, while Camilla urges Charlotte to look in the direction of the camera. Meanwhile, Harry has his arm around his wife and his brother, William, stands proudly with his own wife, who holds their youngest child, Louis, welcomed in May.
To celebrate the birthday of Prince Charles, look at the photos of the future king in the gallery below:
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Queen Elizabeth and her son, Prince Charles, together over the years
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Prince Charles and his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1969. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch Collection / CORBIS / Corbis via Getty Images)
BURNLEY, UNITED KINGDOM – MAY 16: (EMBARGO FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER THE CREATION OF DATE AND TIME) Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, roam the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on the Pride of Sefton. Day 1 of a visit to North West England as part of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Tour in the UK on May 16, 2012 in Burnley, England. (Photo by Indigo / Getty Images)
United Kingdom – January 01: Great Britain, Duchess of Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles (photo by Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
Braemar, Scotland – September 2: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall with Queen Elizabeth II attending the Braemar Games Highland meeting on September 2, 2006, in Scotland. (Photo by Tim Graham / Getty Images)
A young Prince Charles at the back of a car with his mother, Queen Elizabeth II and his sister Princess Anne. (Photo of Hulton-Deutsch Collection / CORBIS / Corbis via Getty Images)
London, United Kingdom – June 1: Line of succession of the British monarchy – Queen Elizabeth II with his wife, the Filipino prince posing with their son, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and his son, Prince William. Three generations of the British royal family gathered at Clarence House (Photo by Tim Graham Picture Library / Getty Images)
Prince Charles, Duke Philip of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II greet US President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan at Windsor Castle on an official visit to England. (Photo by Larry Downing / Sygma / Sygma via Getty Images)
BRITAIN, SCOTLAND – SEPTEMBER 06: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales attend the annual Highland Braemar Games on September 6, 2014 in Braemar, Scotland. (Photo by Samir Hussein / WireImage)
Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) and her baby, Prince Charles, 1949. (Photo: Fox Photos / Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
WINDSOR, ENGLAND – JUNE 16: Queen Elizabeth II greets her son Charles the Prince of Wales during a polo match at Windsor Great Park after the second day of Royal Ascot on June 16, 2004 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Anwar Hussein / Getty Images)
These images of 8-year-old Prince Charles and his royal parents – Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh – are the most informal ever taken of Baby Prince, his young father and his young mother. These images are taken from a film made for the British Newsreels Association in the premises of Windlesham Moor, the country home of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke in Surrey. PICTURE SHOWS: The family life in his happiest life is expressed in the radiant smiles of Princess Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh and their son, Prince Charles. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
Undated photo showing the British royal couple, Queen Elizabeth II, and her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and their two children, Charles, Prince of Wales (left) and Princess Anne (right), to 1951 (the photo credit should focus on OFF) / AFP / Getty Images)
The Queen and the Prince of Wales attend a polo charity match at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor. . (Photo by Mark Cuthbert / British Press via Getty Images)
The royal family shares a joke with Geoff Capes during their participation in the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland. From left to right: Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana, Prince Charles and Geoff Capes. September 4, 1982. (Photo by Kent Gavin / Mirrorpix / Getty Images)
Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall (left), Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales (C) and Queen Elizabeth II of England (right) express on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the last day of ceremony of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in London on June 5, 2012. Queen Elizabeth II led a grand procession through London to mark her Diamond Jubilee on Tuesday, but faced the culmination of festivities without her husband, Prince Philip. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit must match LEON NEAL / AFP / GettyImages)
London, UK – June 5: Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth II attend a Thanksgiving service to mark his Diamond Jubilee at St. Paul's Cathedral on June 5, 2012 at London, England. For the second time in its history, the United Kingdom celebrates the diamond jubilee of a monarch. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates today the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne with a procession of carriages and a thanksgiving service at St. Paul's Cathedral. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett – Pool WPA / Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 08: (G-D) Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, listens to Queen Elizabeth II's speech at the official opening of Parliament on May 8, 2013 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the coalition government's legislative agenda in a speech to MPs and peers in the House of Lords. A bill should be introduced on tougher immigration regulations, capping social services costs in England and setting a single state pension rate of 144. GBP per week. (Photo by Jon Bond – Pool WPA / Getty Images)
BRITAIN, SCOTLAND – SEPTEMBER 06: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales attend the annual Highland Braemar Games on September 6, 2014 in Braemar, Scotland. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert / British Press via Getty Images)
CUMBOCK, SCOTLAND – JULY 2: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales during a visit to the Bingo Hosting Center in the field of Dumfries House on July 2, 2014 at Cumnock, Scotland. The Queen envisioned preparations for the Commonwealth Games as part of a week of engagement in Scotland. The Duke of Edinburgh joined the monarch for a visit to Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, where the Center for Uniform and Accreditation of the 2014 Games is located. (Photo by Danny Lawson – Pool WPA / Getty Images)
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