The Cambridge’s 2019 Christmas card REVEALED!

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge‘s 2019 Christmas card featuring their children Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis has been shared online. 

In the adorable snap, posted by Twitter account AComdtAC, Kate Middleton, 37, can be seen holding onto the handlebars of a vintage khaki-coloured motorbike, while husband Prince William, also 37, sits on the seat with a bemused Prince Louis, one, on his lap.

Meanwhile, big sister Princess Charlotte, four, is photographed standing in the sidecar next to them, while Prince George, six, clad in a pair of red and blue checked shorts, appears to be rubbing his ear at the back of the shot. 

It was shared by Air Commodore Dawn McCafferty CBE RAFR. The Duchess of Cambridge became patron of the RAF Air Cadets in December 2016 – taking over from the Duke of Edinburgh, who has held the position for 63 years. Her appointment as Honorary Air Commodore-in-Chief marked her first military-linked role.

The social media post also shows the message inside the card, which reads: ‘Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year’ – and is signed in black pen by ‘Catherine’.

Alongside the photograph of this year’s highly-anticipated festive card, the Twitter user penned: ‘A Christmas card from our Royal Patron, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, which I share with all members of the air cadets. 

‘We send HRH and her family all best wishes for Christmas and hope to see her again in 2020.’    

Mother-of-three Kate represents an organisation of 42,000 air cadets aged 12-19 and 15,000 adult volunteers at more than 1,200 units across the UK and abroad. 

While she is all smiles in a light blue dress featuring waist-tie detail, Prince Louis wears a navy blue T-shirt underneath a pair of light denim dungarees. 

Prince George cuts an equally casual figure in a pair of blue and red check shorts, while Princess Charlotte, who can be seen clutching the glass of the sidecar, wears a black and white gingham dress.  

The card is in stark contrast to last year’s, which showed the relaxed Cambridges casually perched on a tree trunk in woodland at their Anmer Hall home in Norfolk.

While 2018’s photo had a natural, un-staged feel, with Prince George balanced on one leg with his arm slung around his father and Princess Charlotte looking slightly away from the camera, this one looked a little more directed. 

It also appears as if the photograph on the card was taken in summer, with Princes George and Louis donning shorts and Princess Charlotte a skirt. Kate is also wearing a wrap around frock, compared to her jeans and jumper in last year’s autumnal shot. 

Speaking about 2018’s card, body language expert Judi James said the ‘traditional’ Duke and Duchess of Cambridge emphasised their ‘casual and informal side as though keen to give us a glimpse of how they really are between official duties’.

‘It’s an invitational, sociable pose where their eye contact and smiles invite us to share and join in with their happiness,’ she said. 

‘They form a tight and blissfully happy, relaxed-looking family unit here, inviting the viewer to share in the fun.’

The inclusion of the vintage motorcycle this year may well have been Prince William’s idea, as the duke is a huge motorbike fan.

According to the 2005 documentary Chasing the Royals, his dangerous hobby used to scare his loved ones to death. 

Last year he visited Triumph Motorcycles in Leicestershire, East Midlands, and took the latest Triumph Tiger 1200 bike for a spin around a track, afterwards admitting the drive was ‘not long enough’. He also made a trip to the Isle of Man for its infamous TT Races.

He also famously rode around London on the eve of his wedding in April 2011. 

The new photograph also shows young Prince Louis now sporting a fine head of blonde hair, with a swept side parting like his older brother’s.

The rest of the Royal Family, including the Queen, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are yet to share their 2019 Christmas cards. 

Last year Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shared a new photo by Chris Allerton from their evening wedding reception, showing them hand-in-hand as fireworks erupt in the grounds of Frogmore House, a 17th century royal residence in Windsor near their now home, Frogmore Cottage. 

An insider told E News that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to share their official Christmas card at some point this week.

Both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Prince William and Kate Middleton had shared their respective festive cards by this time last year.

According to their source, Prince Harry and Meghan have had a ‘selection of family photographs’ taken with their son Archie Harrison and are set to break royal protocol.

This is because some of the pictures may include Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, to ensure their Christmas card images reflect how she is ‘very much part of their family and of Archie’s upbringing’. 

‘It is a break with protocol from traditional royal Christmas cards, which haven’t historically included grandparents,’ the source explained.

‘For instance, Kate’s parents—Carole Middleton and Michael Middleton—have never appeared on any of their Christmas card images.’

Meanwhile the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall shared a picture of them on a bench in their Clarence House garden gazing affectionately at each other, with Camilla wearing a cream and crepe dress by Fiona Clare in the summer shot.

The photograph was taken by Hugo Burnand, who is used to working with members of the Royal Family as he took the wedding pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s nuptials in 2011 and Charles and Camilla’s big day in 2005.

Charles also asked the photographer to take the birthday image which marked his 60th year in 2008, and he has taken a portrait picture of the duchess.