Details about who has been invited to Christmas Day at Sandringham have also been releasedLaura Elston, Press Association Court Correspondent and Jamie Greer Reporter
22:30, 06 Dec 2025
King Charles III and Queen Camilla earlier this month(Image: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)
The King and Queen have chosen their 20th wedding anniversary portrait for their official Christmas card this year. Charles and Camilla are pictured standing side by side, with the Queen’s arm linking the King’s, in the grounds of Villa Wolkonsky, the British ambassador’s residence in Rome, earlier this year.
The photograph 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”.
The couple reached their milestone 20 years of marriage on April 9 2025 while out of the country and on royal duty during their state visit to Italy, and spent the evening of their anniversary as guests of honour at a grand banquet.
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 King and Queen send out hundreds of Christmas cards each year to family, friends, world leaders, diplomats, charities and organisations.
The 2025 Christmas card of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the grounds of Villa Wolkonsky, in Rome, during their state visit to The Republic of Italy in April 2025. The photograph was taken to mark The King and Queen’s 20th wedding anniversary(Image: Chris Jackson/Getty Images/PA)
Charles will be preparing to host the wider royal family on Christmas Day, with the royal festivities usually taking place at Sandringham in Norfolk.
But off the guest list is Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, with the former prince banished from the royal family and stripped of his titles over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The royal family usually walk to church on Christmas morning and enjoy a traditional turkey roast with all the trimmings before sitting down to watch the King’s Christmas broadcast on television.
Last year, Charles used his Christmas address to pay tribute to the “selfless” doctors and nurses who provided “strength, care and comfort” during cancer treatment for him and the Princess of Wales.
The King and Camilla have had a busy run over the past year, despite Charles still undergoing treatment for the disease.
They travelled to Canada, met the Pope at the Vatican, and hosted three incoming state visits at Windsor.
There was France with President Emmanuel Macron, the US with President Donald Trump, and then last week Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
It is the first time in nearly 40 years there have been three state visits to the UK in one year.