Prince William and Kate Middleton shared a never-before-seen photo of the Queen on what would have been her 97th birthday
- Prince William and Kate Middleton shared a photo of Queen Elizabeth in honor of her birthday.
- The Princess of Wales took the photo at Balmoral, where the Queen died, in the summer of 2022.
Friday would have been Queen Elizabeth II's 97th birthday.
The Queen died on September 8, 2022, at Balmoral in Scotland at 96 after serving more than 70 years on the throne.
In honor of her birthday, Prince William and Kate Middleton posted a never-before-seen photo of the Queen on their Instagram page.
In the photo, the Queen sits on a green couch surrounded by some of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
According to the Prince and Princess of Wales' caption, Kate took the photo at Balmoral in the summer of 2022, mere months before the Queen died.
In total, Queen Elizabeth was a grandmother of eight and great-grandmother of 12. The photo included half of her grandkids and great-grandchildren, including younger royals who don't often appear in public.
The Queen's youngest grandchildren were in the photo, Prince Edward and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh's, kids: Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, 19, and James, Earl of Wessex, 15.
The eight great-grandchildren in the shot included Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4, who had last been photographed in public with the Queen at her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022.
Zara and Mike Tindall's kids, Lena, 4, Mia, 9, and Lucas, 2, were also in the picture, as were Peter Phillips' children, Isla, 11, and Savannah, 12.
Zara and Peter are Princess Anne's children, and neither have had titles throughout their life, as their father, Mark Phillips, chose not to accept a royal title when he married Princess Anne. As a result, their children don't have royal titles either.
Of the Queen's great-grandchildren, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, were not in the photo, nor were Princess Eugenie or Princess Beatrice's children.
Beatrice welcomed her daughter Sienna in September 2021, and Eugenie gave birth to her first child August in February 2021. Eugenie is pregnant with her second baby due in the summer of 2023.