New photographs of the Duchess of Edinburgh released to mark her 60th birthday

Buckingham Palace issued three images

 

Buckingham Palace has released three new photograph of The Duchess of Edinburgh, ahead of her 60th birthday.

The photographs were taken at Bagshot Park in January by Christina Ebenezer.

A new photograph of The Duchess of Edinburgh has been released ahead of her 60th birthday. (Royal Family)

Accompanying the photographs, the Palace said that Sophie was ‘interested in Ebenezer’s creative style of photography and wanted to support a rising female photographer’.

Born in Nigeria, Ebenezer ‘spent her early years in Lagos, before moving to join her family in London. Here, she found visual inspiration in film, music videos and personal family portraiture. Drawing many of her formative references from the sensitive combination of composition and mood found in cinematography’

Her website adds that her ‘practice is dedicated to presenting her subject in their truest essence, whilst additionally using her work as a powerful platform for visibility of subjects of colour. By utilising various techniques, and soft, subdued light, she aims “to highlight not only the range of beauty that we hold as individuals, but also the various ways in which we can be depicted”’

The Duchess also has ‘a renewed sense of excitement and commitment to her work around gender equality and looks forward to further embracing and championing this issue in the years to come’. This area of Sophie’s work has been a journey that has taken her to many places affected by conflict, where she has met ‘inspiring people who have endured the most terrible experiences’. The Duchess first formally expressed her interest in tackling this area during a Women, Peace and Security agenda and Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative reception at Buckingham Palace in 2019.

Duchess of Edinburgh ahead of her 60th birthday.

Duchess of Edinburgh ahead of her 60th birthday. (Royal Family)

It has previously been reported by The Times that the Duchess of Edinburgh will be spending her birthday ‘privately’ at Bagshot Park, alongside Prince Edward and their three dogs. Sophie’s children – Louise and James – will send birthday wishes from University of St Andrews and a boarding school in Oxfordshire retrospectively.

A third photograph of the Duchess of Edinburgh was released by the Palace.

A third photograph of the Duchess of Edinburgh was released by the Palace. (Royal Family)

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