{"id":204943,"date":"2026-04-21T17:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204943\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:42:11","slug":"prince-william-and-kate-share-rare-family-photos-on-queen-elizabeth-iis-centenary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204943\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William and Kate Share Rare Family Photos on Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s Centenary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/clock-regular.4ddebeb.svg\" alt=\"Estimated read time\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>2 min read<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"body-dropcap css-1y7tupd emevuu60\">It\u2019s a bittersweet day for the British royal family, as members both mourn the absence and celebrate the incredible life of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a38038396\/queen-elizabeth-ii-died-age-96\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a38038396\/queen-elizabeth-ii-died-age-96\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Queen Elizabeth II\" data-node-id=\"0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1a58m3o emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>, on the 100th anniversary of her birth.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The late monarch\u2019s eldest\u2014and most senior\u2014adult children, King Charles III and Princess Anne, commemorated the special day with different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a70985511\/how-royal-family-plans-commemorate-queen-elizabeth-100th-birthday-celebrations\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a70985511\/how-royal-family-plans-commemorate-queen-elizabeth-100th-birthday-celebrations\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"activities that honored her\" data-node-id=\"1.1\" class=\"body-link css-1a58m3o emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">activities that honored her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Charles visited <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rct.uk\/collection\/exhibitions\/queen-elizabeth-ii-her-life-in-style\/the-kings-gallery-buckingham-palace\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.rct.uk\/collection\/exhibitions\/queen-elizabeth-ii-her-life-in-style\/the-kings-gallery-buckingham-palace\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-1a58m3o emevuu60\">Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style<\/a>\u2014the new Royal Collection Trust exhibit, which is the largest-ever exhibit of the late queen\u2019s fashion\u2014at the King\u2019s Gallery. He also held a birthday party (with cake!) at Buckingham Palace for residents who also turn 100 years old today, and posted a tribute to his mother <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXYnIHhkdpx\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXYnIHhkdpx\/?img_index=1\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"on social media\" data-node-id=\"2.3\" class=\"body-link css-1a58m3o emevuu60\">on social media<\/a>, sharing several lovely images of her throughout her life.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">The Princess Royal remembered her mother\u2014the longest reigning monarch in United Kingdom history\u2014by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a71084367\/princess-anne-queen-elizabeth-ii-100-birthday-garden-opening-details-photos\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a71084367\/princess-anne-queen-elizabeth-ii-100-birthday-garden-opening-details-photos\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"opening The Queen Elizabeth II Garden\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-1a58m3o emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opening The Queen Elizabeth II Garden<\/a> in The Regent\u2019s Park and making a touching speech about the beloved monarch.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">And while they did not attend engagements of their own, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a70941070\/british-royal-family-easter-service-prince-william-kate-kids-photos\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a70941070\/british-royal-family-easter-service-prince-william-kate-kids-photos\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Prince William and Princess Catherine\u2019s\" data-node-id=\"5.1\" class=\"body-link css-1a58m3o emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prince William and Princess Catherine\u2019s<\/a> homage to the late queen was just as touching. The couple shared an Instagram post including rarely-seen photos of Elizabeth through the years, as well as more recent images of her with the Wales family\u2014William, Kate, and the pair\u2019s three kids, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7. (Louis was only four years old when the queen died on September 8, 2022, but was luckily able to be present at her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/g40118394\/photos-queen-elizabeth-platinum-jubilee\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/g40118394\/photos-queen-elizabeth-platinum-jubilee\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Platinum Jubilee celebrations\" data-node-id=\"5.3\" class=\"body-link css-1a58m3o emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Platinum Jubilee celebrations<\/a> just months before her passing.)<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">In their post, Kate and William wrote: \u201cRemembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the 100th anniversary of her birth. Inspiring generations through a lifetime of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">See all the photos here:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read It\u2019s a bittersweet day for the British royal family, as members both mourn the absence&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[58784,567,81180,569,568,9,24,63,122,124,123,58803,81179,56702],"class_list":{"0":"post-204943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-collection-latest-royal-news","9":"tag-content-type-news","10":"tag-contentid-9ca1cde3-b387-4eda-9bf1-e2e325e38eba","11":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","12":"tag-locale-us","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-queens","17":"tag-queens-headlines","18":"tag-queens-news","19":"tag-read_time-2","20":"tag-shorttitle-william-kate-share-rare-pics-of-queen-elizabeth","21":"tag-subsection-celebrity-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}