These portraits show how the British royal family has changed through the years
The British royal family is known for using their portraits to mark special occasions.
Royal family members are often photographed but cannot take selfies with the public.
Here are 25 royal family portraits from the 1930s to now.
Members of the British royal family surely have many talents, but if there's one skill they've mastered, it's posing for pictures.
Wherever they go, professional photographers and enthusiastic fans with iPhones alike clamor to snap a photo of their every move (though royals aren't allowed to take selfies with members of the public).
From official portraits in Buckingham Palace to informal photocalls while they're on vacation, here are 25 portraits of the royal family from the 1930s until now.
1936: Britain's Queen Elizabeth, center, poses with her two daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, in the garden of the Royal Lodge at Windsor, England.
1944: Princess Elizabeth celebrates her 18th birthday in the English countryside.
1947: Princess Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, on their wedding day.
1948: King George VI of Great Britain and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, on their 25th wedding anniversary.
1950: Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip with their baby daughter Princess Anne and son Prince Charles taken after the baby's christening at Buckingham Palace.
1951: Princess Margaret on her 21st birthday.
1957: Queen Elizabeth II wears a white satin evening gown with a band and star of the Order of the Garter.
1960: Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones with members of their wedding party at Buckingham Palace.
1973: Princess Anne and Mark Phillips on their wedding day at Buckingham Palace.
1980: Princess Anne with her husband and their son Peter in England.
1981: Prince Charles and Princess Diana pose with family members in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on their wedding day.
1984: A family portrait with Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prince William, and Prince Harry.
1997: Members of the British Royal Family sit for an official portrait in the white drawing room at Windsor Castle after Prince William's confirmation at St. George's Chapel.
2002: Prince Charles with his sons Prince William and Prince Harry during their annual skiing holiday in the Swiss Alps on March 29, 2002, in Klosters, Switzerland.
2005: Prince Charles and his new bride Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, with their families.
2011: Prince William and Kate Middleton with their families on their wedding day.
2013: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their son, Prince George, and pets, Lupo and Tilly, at the Middleton family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire.
2015: The royal family attends a state banquet to honor China's President Xi Jinping's state visit.
2016: Prince William and Kate Middleton vacationing in the French Alps with their children, Princess Charlotte and Prince George.
2017: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pose for their official engagement photos at Frogmore House in Windsor.
2018: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's official wedding portrait.
2019: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pose with their newborn son, Archie, at Windsor Castle.
2021: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce their second pregnancy more casually, after officially stepping back from official royal duties in March 2020.
2023: King Charles is coronated as the new monarch wearing the Robe of Estate and the Imperial State Crown.
2024: The first photo of Kate Middleton after she announced her cancer diagnosis shows the princess leaning on a tree at her home.
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