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William and Kate Middleton released their 2025 holiday card featuring a photograph by Josh Shinner following an April photoshoot that supplied several family images used across the year.Kensington Palace shared the caption “Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas,” and Charles and Camilla also issued a card earlier this month with a photograph by Chris Jackson taken in the grounds of Villa Wolkonsky in Rome during their state visit to Italy.The card comes after a year of private health battles and public duties for the Wales household — Catherine announced in January she was in remission after chemotherapy, the family moved to Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park, and the year included legal disputes, personnel changes and several public engagements.
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