Kate and William have issued the British public a heartfelt Valentine’s Day message as they celebrate the annual day of love.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, 43 and 44, shared their sweet message across their official social media accounts to mark February 14.
A new loved-up black and white photo of the couple, which royal fans have not seen before, was accompanied by a heart emoji and captioned: ‘Happy Valentine’s Day.’
They credited the image to Josh Shinner, one of the pair’s most trusted photographers, who took the picture in April last year at Anmer Hall.
The property on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk is the country residence of the Waleses, who received it as a wedding gift from the late Queen.
Its extensive grounds can be seen in the Valentine’s Day photograph in sunnier times, providing a verdant backdrop to the smiling royals.
Mr Shinner has spent the last two years recording the Wales family’s most cherished moments.
The Yorkshire-born photographer took the Father’s Day tribute to William in June last year, as well as his son Prince George’s 12th birthday portrait a month later, in July.
The Prince and Princess of Wales shared their sweet message to royal fans on their official Kensington Royal X account to mark February 14. Pictured: The snap the couple shared to mark Valentine’s Day
This is the second year the couple have publicly marked the day of romance, after sharing a similarly adorable photograph in 2025 (pictured)
The pair’s charming message for Valentine’s Day this year follows a number of public appearances they have each made this week. Pictured: William, last seen on a visit to the Saudi Arabian city of AlUla
This is the second year the couple have publicly marked the day of romance, after sharing a similarly adorable photograph in 2025.
Last year’s image was a still from the emotive video the family released in September 2024, when the Princess announced she had completed her cancer treatment.
Set against a stunning woodland backdrop, it was also taken at Sandringham during the summer of that year.
This was where the Waleses recuperated after a ‘brutal’ year, in William’s words, with their children George, 12, Charlotte, ten, and Louis, seven.
Kate spent 2024 receiving preventative chemotherapy after cancerous cells were discovered in her body during an abdominal operation in January of that year.
The snap was shared on the Prince and Princess’s social media accounts with a simple heart in the caption to mark the couple’s enduring love despite their trials.
The pair’s charming message this year follows a number of public appearances they have each made this week.
William was last seen in the Saudi Arabian city of AlUla, in the final instalment of a three-day trip to the Gulf state, which is one of the UK’s key Middle Eastern allies.
The heir to the throne, who has long campaigned for wildlife conservation, spent the morning at the Sharaan Nature Reserve, a 7,000-year-old archaeological area in the country’s Medina region.
It is one of the desert kingdom’s ‘crown jewels’ of its cultural transformation plans, led by Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Culture and Governor for the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU).
The region is being developed as a leading cultural and heritage destination, with major investments in arts programming, archaeological research, infrastructure, and community training.
At the private Sharaan reserve, which is not freely open to the public, Willam met rangers and heard about their work protecting and conserving wildlife and the natural world.
William, wearing navy chinos, a khaki shirt and brown walking boots, praised the work of rangers and the officials leading the wider regeneration project.
‘That they have a vision to do this is really exciting,’ he said. ‘The tourism will come.
‘What I find so exciting is it’s so new, this all started in 2019, it’s going to be so exciting to see all the progress.
‘So many others will say, “If Saudi Arabia can do it, we can do it”.’
At one point in the visit, the royal planted an acacia tree (pictured) alongside Prince Badr, the minister of culture, saying, ‘I like to get my hands dirty’
Kate, meanwhile, made a surprise visit (pictured) to Castle Hill Academy in New Addington, Croydon, on Thursday to mark Children’s Mental Health Week in her role as patron of charity Place2Be
The Princess (pictured), wearing a brown trouser suit, joined flag-waving young children making ‘belonging maps’ at the south London primary school to highlight the importance of children’s mental health
At one point in the visit, the royal planted an acacia tree alongside Prince Badr, the minister of culture, saying, ‘I like to get my hands dirty’.
He refused to wear gloves for his efforts, raking over soil to hand plant the first seedling at a wadi inside the Sharaan Nature Reserve.
The prince was told of plans to plant ten million trees in the next decade across the reserve to restore the local ecosystem.
Kate, meanwhile, made a surprise visit to Castle Hill Academy in New Addington, Croydon, on Thursday to mark Children’s Mental Health Week in her role as patron of charity Place2Be.
The Princess, wearing a brown trouser suit, joined flag-waving young children making ‘belonging maps’ at the south London primary school to highlight the importance of children’s mental health.
She chatted to the youngsters about the importance of expressing their emotions, asking what made them feel good and safe.
‘Do you like to talk about your feelings, your sense of belonging?’ she asked, adding: ‘Sometimes it’s hard to talk about your thoughts and feelings.’
Kate, who admitted she was ‘too busy chatting’ to make her own map, asked whether the children did crafts at home, telling them: ‘It’s good to be messy, it’s good fun.’
New Addington is one of England’s most deprived communities, with high levels of poverty, youth violence and unemployment.
Castle Hill Academy works in tandem with Place2Be to help build trusted relationships with students, using creativity and play.
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