Duchess Sophie celebrated her 60th birthday on Monday (Image: Instagram/(christinaebenezer_))
A new picture of the has been quietly released by photographer, Christina Ebenezer.
Duchess Sophie, who married Prince Edward in 1999, .
In honour of Sophie’s special day, Buckingham Palace shared three portraits of the royal, taken by Ms Ebenezer. An extra special one was kept behind and quietly uploaded to by Christina yesterday.
The snap showed Sophie striking a pose, making eye contact with the camera. She is seen holding with her hand over her mouth as if stifling a laugh or pondering a thought while leaning in a doorway.
The royal can be seen sporting a burgundy sweater, brown-patterned trousers, and gold statement earrings— in a third outfit change from the photoshoot.
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In the caption of her post, Christina wrote a quote from the bible, “A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.’ Proverbs 18:16. God’s favour on my life has been nothing short of a testimony.”
She also revealed a little bit about her shoot with Sophie, writing: “These portraits were taken to mark The Duchess Of Edinburgh’s 60th birthday celebration today. After admiring two portraits I photographed of Letitia Wright & Michaela Coel at the National Portrait Gallery, The Duchess wanted to collaborate and be captured in a different light for this new chapter of life. We had a very relaxed day taking these at her home – her and the team created a very welcoming atmosphere.”
Revealing her favourite part about the photoshoot, she added: “My favourite part was definitely working together on outfit choices.”
To conclude, she added: “The Palace said that as The Duchess turns 60, she has a renewed sense of commitment to her gender equality work and looked forward to further championing the issue in the future.” Thank you to my team, to Annabelle and to my family for their support.”
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The birthday pictures were taken at Duchess Sophie’s home in Surrey (Image: Instagram/(christinaebenezer_))
Fans were evidently stunned by Christina’s work, with one commenting: “Christina, your photos are amazing!!! One of my favourites ever of the Duchess! Congratulations on your work and I wish you the best of luck!!”
Another wrote: “These are beautiful [heart-eyed emoji].”
A third commented: “Amazing Picture! Fantastic work well done [red-heart emoji].”