A royal photographer reveals his favorite 'incredibly candid' photos of the royal family

• Shutterstock royal photographer Tim Rooke has photographed the royal family for over 30 years.
• Rooke captured a funny moment between King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort in 2015.

Shutterstock royal photographer Tim Rooke, who has photographed the royal family for over 30 years, knows that the best photos of royal family members are often unplanned.

"My best and most favored images of the family are the ones that capture them acting naturally and showing their authentic selves," Rooke told Insider via email. "I think this is what people want to see, and I am extremely fortunate to be able to document these moments."

In one of Rooke's favorite royal photos, he caught a playful moment between Prince Harry and a baby during a walkabout in Christchurch, New Zealand, in May 2015.

"It's hard to narrow down my favorite moments as I have so many fond memories," Rooke said. "For example, we were doing a walkabout in New Zealand when a baby was shouting, and I was able to capture the moment on camera where Prince Harry decided to shout back at the baby. It was a great shot, funny, but also extremely endearing. Overall, it was just a very relatable moment."

Another "incredibly candid moment" Rooke loves is a photo he took of King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, while they toured a winery in Australia's Barossa Valley in November 2015.

"A moment which saw her playfully threatening him with a knife ended up as a fantastic photograph resembling the famous shot from 'The Shining,'" he said.

Rooke has also found that a candid photo he took of Princess Diana and her butler, Paul Burrell, became more meaningful after her death.

"Photographs sometimes have a strange afterlife," he said. "I once took a one of Princess Diana and her butler, Paul Burrell, at Sarajevo Airport a few weeks before she died. It was always best to get shots of Princess Diana alone (if you could). However, this turned out to be one of the only pictures of the two of them together. So, despite some initial annoyance that her butler was in the picture, this shot turned out to be quite unique! I've also heard it's Paul's favorite and most cherished photo of the two of them."