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8 Jan, 9 tweets, 4 min read

👑 The Duchess of Cambridge has drawn on four generations of queens for landmark photographs to celebrate her 40th birthday, encapsulating the past, present and future of the Royal Family

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The Duchess, who marks her milestone birthday on Sunday, has posed for a series of images for the National Portrait Gallery, as she uses her education in the history of art to help curate her own image for posterity

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📸Taking influence from the work of era-defining royal photographers such as Cecil Beaton, the Duchess has also channelled her admiration for Victorian photography for a series of three very different images

One, in which the Duchess is captured in profile, is reminiscent of the young Queen Victoria and shows the modern mother-of-three in regal serenity
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A second, also in sepia tones, is more intimate, seeing her look directly at the camera with a beaming smile in a pose echoing Diana, Princess of Wales in her Mario Testino photoshoots
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The third, in which she wears a vivid red dress with hands in her pockets, channels a younger aura, with earrings loaned to her by the Queen
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🌿The photoshoot took place in November in the Temperate House at Kew Gardens, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have recently spent time with children at an engagement relating to the Earthshot Prize

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"The Duchess of Cambridge’s official 40th birthday portraits are a fascinating departure from the images we’ve grown accustomed to seeing of her" | Writes @LisaDoesFashion

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📸The Duchess worked in collaboration with photographer Paolo Roversi

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