Princes Charles, William and George appear in a portrait with Queen Elizabeth

By Lesley Messer & Zoe Magee

A new portrait featuring four generations of the royal family has been released to mark the new decade.

The photograph, taken last month in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace, features Queen Elizabeth with Prince Charles, Prince William, and Prince George.

Photographer Ranald Mackechnie, who snapped a 2016 image of the group to mark the queen's birthday, took this one as well.

This is the second time in recent weeks that we've seen Queen Elizabeth with the princes.

The palace released pictures last month of Prince George making Christmas puddings with his father, grandfather and great grandmother.

The series of photos were part of the launch of The Royal British Legion’s "Together at Christmas" initiative, meant to provide support for the Armed Forces and veteran communities.

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Four generations of the Royal Family 🎄 together at Christmas. New photos of The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George have been released as part of the launch of the @RoyalBritishLegion’s ‘Together at Christmas’ initiative. The initiative is designed to provide extra support to the Armed Forces and veteran communities at annual festive ‘get togethers’ across the charity’s network of outreach centres. The four generations of the Royal Family are pictured here preparing special Christmas puddings — with the four representing a cross-section of those supported by the Legion, from the children of service personnel, to Second World War veterans. The puddings will become the centrepieces of 2020’s get togethers, and form part of 99 puddings distributed across the charity’s network in the UK and the Commonwealth - also marking The Royal British Legion’s 99th year. Photos 📷 by @chrisjacksongetty

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