Britain06 December, 20253 min read
King Charles and Queen Camilla Release 2025 Christmas Card Featuring 20th Wedding Anniversary Portrait
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Christmas card photograph taken at Villa Wolkonsky, the British ambassador's residence in Rome Photograph commemorates the couple's 20th wedding anniversary
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King Charles' 2025 Christmas Card
King Charles and Queen Camilla have released their official 2025 Christmas card featuring a portrait taken to mark their 20th wedding anniversary during a visit to Villa Wolkonsky in Rome. The image was photographed by royal photographer Chris Jackson and shows the couple arm in arm.
“King Charles and Queen Camilla have released their 2025 Christmas card, featuring a portrait of the couple arm in arm during a visit earlier this year to Villa Wolkonsky, the British ambassador’s residence in Rome, celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary.”
Camilla wears an Anna Valentine coat dress and a lily-of-the-valley brooch. The King wears a blue pinstripe navy suit, and the card is bordered in dark red with the printed greeting Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
Anniversary portrait coverage
The portrait was chosen to mark the couple's 20th wedding anniversary, which fell on 9 April 2025 during a state visit to Italy. HELLO! explicitly notes the anniversary was celebrated with a banquet during that visit.
Sky News situates the anniversary photograph in Rome and links its timing to a meeting with Pope Francis, noting that he died less than two weeks later at 88, a detail not repeated by the other outlets. Daily Mail similarly describes the photograph as taken during their State Visit in April and selected specifically to mark their anniversary.
Royal card media framing
HELLO! and Daily Mail introduce interpretive or personal-history details that go beyond the purely descriptive card announcement. HELLO! frames the portrait as a united public image following the King’s decision to strip his brother, the Duke of York, of his royal titles and notes that the duke and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will not attend Sandringham Christmas, suggesting the card’s image may be read against recent family tensions. Daily Mail highlights provenance and past traditions, noting Camilla’s brooch once belonged to the Queen Mother and providing wider historical context about previous cards, coronation images, and longstanding royal Christmas-card practices.
“The portrait — Camilla in an Anna Valentine coat dress and lily-of-the-valley brooch, the King in a blue pinstripe suit — is being seen as a united public image following the King’s decision to strip his brother, the Duke of York, of his royal titles; the duke and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will not attend Sandringham Christmas.”
Royal card coverage differences
The outlets differ in the additional historical and production context they provide. Daily Mail supplies a longer historical frame, referencing previous years' cards, the first card as monarch in 2022, and debates over when the royal Christmas-card tradition began. It notes differing accounts of when the tradition began — 1914 or as early as 1843 after the penny post — and that a large collection of royal cards from 1953–1989 was put up for sale in 2023.
HELLO! adds that hundreds of such cards are sent each year to family, officials and organisations, while Sky News simply notes that this is the couple's fourth Christmas card since Charles became king. These choices reflect different editorial priorities: historical background and archival detail (Daily Mail), practical distribution detail (HELLO!), and succinct factual reporting (Sky News).
Comparison of three reports
Across the three reports the central facts are consistent: photographer Chris Jackson, Villa Wolkonsky in Rome, the dark red border, and the printed greeting. The outlets vary in tone and what they add, with Sky News offering concise reporting and a note linking the anniversary to a meeting with Pope Francis. HELLO! supplies interpretive framing and social-detail context about the state visit and distribution.
“The image, taken by royal photographer Chris Jackson, shows Camilla in an Anna Valentine coat dress with a lily of the valley brooch and the King in a blue pinstripe suit; the card is bordered in dark red and carries the printed greeting ‘Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year.’”
The Daily Mail contributes material on jewellery provenance and a broader history of royal cards. Each perspective is factual but emphasizes different angles for readers.