As royal Christmas card portraits go, it is rather staid compared to some of the more comical pictures of old.
王室圣誕節(jié)卡片照片又要來了，今年的王室照片比以前的滑稽卡片圖像更古板些。

Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, once posed in giant ornamental garden pots with their father, Prince Charles.
威廉王子和弟弟哈里王子曾和父親查理王子在大花園里照過一張。

But this year William, the second in line to the throne, and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, have plumped for a more formal – almost Victorian - pose for their annual offering this year.
但是今年，王位第二繼承人威廉王子和妻子凱特選了一張更正式的照片——都有些維多利亞風(fēng)格了。這張照片將放在圣誕節(jié)卡片上。

The picture, released yesterday, shows the family against a plain white backdrop, as if in a studio setting, although the photographs were actually taken at Kensington Palace standing in front of a portable photographer's backdrop.
這張昨天發(fā)布的照片上，威廉一家站在白色的背景前拍照，看上去像是在攝影棚，其實是攝像師前往肯辛頓宮，布置了便攜式照相背景進(jìn)行拍攝。

The picture was taken around the time of George's fourth birthday in late July especially for their Christmas card.
拍照時正值七月末，喬治小王子將滿四歲，但是照片是特地為圣誕節(jié)卡片拍攝的。

It is part of a set taken by Getty Images' royal photographer, Chris Jackson, who is handily married to Kate’s PA, Natasha Archer.
攝影師克里斯·杰克森（Chris Jackson）來自華蓋創(chuàng)意（Getty Images），他和凱特的造型師娜塔莎·阿徹（Natasha Archer）喜結(jié)連理。拍攝照片時其實拍了一組。

Mr Jackson said yesterday that he was ‘delighted’ the couple had used the picture, and is being tipped as favourite to take the official engagement portraits of Prince Harry and his fiancé, Meghan Markle.
昨天，杰克森說他很高興威廉夫婦選了那張照片，而且據(jù)說杰克森也是哈利王子和未婚妻梅根訂婚照攝影師首選人物。

Clarence House also revealed yesterday the card sent out this year by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.
昨天克拉倫斯之屋（Clarence House）也發(fā)布了今年查理王子夫婦的圣誕卡片照片。

Although it is also a formal shot of the couple, the picture is considerably warmer and more relaxed.
同樣是正裝照，查理夫婦的照片就柔和得多、放松得多。

It was captured by society photographer Hugo Burnand, who also took the couple’s wedding pictures, at a private party to celebrate Camilla’s 70th back in July.
其攝影師胡戈·伯納德（Hugo Burnand）還曾為查理夫婦拍過結(jié)婚照，此次圣誕節(jié)照片是七月份在卡米拉七十大壽的私人聚會上拍的。

（翻譯：阿忙）