Overview
- The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh released their official 2025 card featuring a printed greeting that reads “Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,” signed by Sophie, Edward, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex.
- One photo shows Prince Edward crossing a rickety bridge on a hike beside a mountain shot of the duchess, with the caption, “Sophie taking the high road and Edward taking the slightly wobbly one.”
- An inside image captures the couple smiling at each other during a sumo match at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan, joking that they were “sizing each other up.”
- The back of the card displays a personal insignia with an overlapping E and S, and the photos were taken during the Edinburghs’ September tour undertaken for King Charles.
- Coverage notes favorable reactions from fans online and sets the release alongside contrasting royal card styles this season, including the King and Queen’s Rome portrait and the Wales family’s Norfolk photo.