Prince William and Kate issue new photo to celebrate wedding anniversary
Prince William and Kate Middleton have issued a photo of them smiling with arms round each other as they celebrate their wedding anniversary.
On this day back in 2011 the now Prince and Princess of Wales tied the knot at Westminster Abbey.
Today they celebrate their 12th anniversary together, traditionally known as the Silk anniversary, just a week ahead of King Charles' Coronation.
In the photo, snapped by Matt Porteous, the royal couple are on their bikes under blue skies in a sunny field.
Smiling away, they have their arms around one another and it is captioned with “12 years” and a heart emoji.
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The picture reflects a lot of the couple’s environmental passions, including, most recently, the Eartshot Prize they launched.
The new photo released today as the couple celebrated 12 years together (matt porteous)
Prince William puts a ring fashioned from a nugget of Welsh gold on the finger of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, in front of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey, on April 29, 2011 in London (AFP/Getty Images)Dubbed “the most prestigious global prize for the environment in history” it is the culmination of William and Kate’s work on environmentalism and their efforts going forward.
The photographer had previously shot William and Kate during their controversial Caribbean tour that saw them blasted as "tone deaf".
Royal fans flooded the replies and comments of their anniversary posts with their best wishes.
William and Kate got married after a ten year relationship that began when they were both university students in Scotland.
The Royal couple on their wedding day (Getty Images)Following their wedding they have since had three children together, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
This comes just days ahead of King Charles' upcoming Coronation on May 6.
The country will once again watch on the pomp and pageantry of the Royal family as Charles is crowned following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II last September.
Last night, Buckingham Palace released the final photos of some senior royals ahead of the Coronation.
The Royal Wedding Group in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace for William and Kate's wedding (CLARENCE HOUSE/AFP via Getty Images)This included one of Charles and Camilla where she made a touching tribute to Elizabeth II, wearing a pair of her pearl earrings.
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Yesterday, William and Kate travelled to Aberfan to pay their respects to the 116 children and 28 adults who tragically died on October 21, 1966 when thousands of tonnes of slurry engulfed Pantglas Junior School.
During the emotional visit the Royal couple followed in the late Queen's footsteps.
Locals gathered in the street to greet them and one survivor of the disaster, David Davies, a pupil at the school at the time, showed them around the garden.
William and Kate greeting people as they visited Aberfan (PA)They met trustees from the Aberfan Memorial Trust who are involved in ensuring the maintenance of the garden, alongside some of the Aberfan Wives group who lost relatives in the disaster.
They later bowed their heads to pay their respects to the victims and left a floral tribute, which simply read: "In loving memory."
The memorial garden, opened by the late Queen in 1974, stands on the site of the former school and commemorates the victims of the disaster.
A lady at Aberfan shows Kate some newspaper clippings as they visited to pay respects to those who had died during the disaster (PA)William's late grandmother visited Aberfan eight days after the tragedy and shortly after a mass funeral had taken place. Her decision not to visit sooner was said to have been one of the greatest regrets of her reign.
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