Charles and Camilla send birthday cards to hundreds.
23-10-2022
By Jawad Hussain
Queen Elizabeth II's new Christmas cards contain a photo of Charles and Camilla from summer 2018.
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Charles III and Camilla are celebrating birthdays.
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Buckingham Palace says the new King, 73, and Queen Consort, 75, delivered 100th and 105th birthday cards this week.
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Buckingham Palace sends hundreds of birthday cards to 100th and 105th-birthday inhabitants each year. 60th, 65th, and 70th wedding anniversaries also receive cards, as do subsequent years.
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The custom began in 1917 during King George V's reign, but cards weren't sent until Queen Elizabeth II's death in September.
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Buckingham Palace reports that 1.3 million birthday and anniversary cards were issued during the late monarch's reign.
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Charles and Camilla's summer 2018 portrait appears on the new cards.