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Prince William and Kate Middleton have launched their 2024 Christmas card.
In the festive portrait shared on Thursday, Dec. 19, the Prince and Princess of Wales will be seen smiling alongside their three kids: Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.
“Wishing everybody a really comfortable Christmas,” the couple captioned the festive snap shared on their official Instagram.
The royals have an annual custom of releasing portraits to mark the festive vacation. However, final 12 months’s {photograph} seemingly didn’t wind up being everybody’s favourite.
The black-and-white photograph captured George, Charlotte and Louis all wearing white button-down shirts and darkish pants.
“Our household Christmas card for 2023,” the couple captioned the picture shared final December.
They stated in an announcement that they “are more than happy to share a brand new {photograph} of their household.”
“The {photograph}, which options on Their Royal Highnesses’ Christmas card this 12 months, was taken by the photographer Josh Shinner earlier this 12 months and exhibits The Prince and Princess with their three kids Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis in Windsor,” they added on the time.
However, quickly after the add, some social media customers critiqued the household’s photograph selection.
“It’s giving JCPenney,” one particular person joked, including that the royal relations “are similar to us.”
“Gotta love all of the CHRISTMAS decor within the background,” one other sarcastically added, referring to the clean background. “Just screams Christmas throughout.”
A 3rd argued that they’re “trying to appear like an on a regular basis household.”
While they’re skipping the annual royal household pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace at present, the Prince and Princess of Wales are gearing as much as journey to Sandringham in Norfolk to spend Christmas with the remainder of the royals.
There, they are going to collect with King Charles, Queen Camilla and the remainder of the senior royals for a fun-filled festive schedule that features a number of Christmas meals, gift-giving and a sport of charades.
However, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, in addition to their two kids Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3, are absent from this 12 months’s royal festivities.
Instead, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are spending the vacation at their Montecito, Calif., residence with their two kids, in addition to Markle’s mom, Doria Ragland. They launched their Christmas card earlier this week.