King and Queen Consort choose Highland Games for Christmas card

The photo was taken on September 3 – just days before the Queen’s death - when Charles was still the Prince of Wales.

The King and Queen Consort have chosen a photograph taken at a Highland Gathering for their Christmas card this year.

Buckingham Palace released the picture selected for the couple’s first Christmas card since Charles became King, on Sunday.

The image, taken by award-winning photographer Sam Hussein, shows Charles and Camilla smiling at the Braemar Royal Highland Gathering in September.

The photo was taken on September 3 – just days before the Queen’s death – when Charles was still the Prince of Wales.

The Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall attend the Braemar Gathering in 2006.Getty Images

The day before, Buckingham Palace announced the Queen would not attend the Highland Games as she continued to suffer from “mobility problems” amid declining health.

The photograph shows the King from a side profile, dressed in a tweed suit with a red, green and beige tie.

Meanwhile, Camilla is wearing a green suit and matching hat with a pheasant motif, and pearl earrings.

Crowds from across the globe joined him and the then Duchess of Cornwall to watch competitors take part in events such as the caber toss, hammer throw and tug-of-war, as well as to celebrate some longstanding Scottish traditions, dance and music.

Charles cut a heather rope to mark the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Archway.

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