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King Charles poses with heirs Prince of Wales and Prince George of Wales in official photo

The Prince of Wales, King Charles III and Prince George of Wales in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace.  (Reuters: Hugo Burnand/Royal Household 2023/Handout)

The royal family has released an official portrait of King Charles III alongside his direct heirs, Prince William and Prince George, as part of new photos published following the King's coronation.

The images, released on Friday, also include a portrait of the King and Queen with the eight pages of honour and two ladies in attendance who took part in last week's coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. 

The image of King Charles in full regalia with the Prince of Wales and Prince George of Wales in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace was taken on the day of the coronation.

It sees his direct heirs flank the King, who is holding the Sovereign's Orb and Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross, while wearing the Imperial State Crown and Robe of Estate and sitting on his throne. 

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last year, Prince William become heir to the throne. Prince George, his son with the the Princess of Wales, became second in line to the throne.

Their other children, Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Louis of Wales, are third and fourth in line respectively.

The King's second son, Harry, Duke of Sussex, is fifth in line to the throne.

Pages of honour and ladies in attendance with King Charles III and Queen Camilla on coronation day. (Reuters: Hugo Burnand/Royal Household 2023/Handout)

The second image features the two ladies in attendance on the day of the coronation — the Marchioness of Lansdowne and Queen Camilla's sister Annabel Elliot — standing either side of the royal couple, while Prince George stands with other pages including Ralph Tollemache, Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, Nicholas Barclay, the Queen's grandson Freddy Parker Bowles, the Queen's great-nephew Arthur Elliot, and the Queen's grandsons Gus Lopes and Louis Lopes.

This image was also taken in the Throne Room on the day of the coronation.

The photographs were taken by royal photographer Hugo Burnand, who also took the King and Queen's wedding portrait in 2005. 

The new images follow a number of images released by the royal family earlier this week, including the first official portrait of King Charles after his coronation at Westminster Abbey.

The full-length portrait of King Charles III with his two heirs taken by royal photographer Hugo Burnand. (Reuters: Hugo Burnand/Royal Household 2023/Handout)
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