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How you can get the official Australian portraits of The King and Queen

Royal fans nationwide can now request a special keepsake online for free. 

All Australians are entitled to their very own free portrait of King Charles and Queen Camilla. The way one can obtain the monarchy keepsake is through sending an email to their local federal MP requesting one. 

The initiative comes under the constituents' request program, which allows registered Australian voters to receive their own printed portrait of the royals. 

Official portraits of the King and Queen were provided to the Australian Government by Buckingham Palace in July and are available for public access. 

Photos available include a photo of the royal couple standing together, and seperate ones of the monarch and her majesty posing alone. 

In the photos the King and Queen both donned royal blue outfits and their Commonwealth Insignia, with the King wearing The Sovereign's Badge of the Order of Australia and the Queen wearing the Wattle Brooch.

The portraits were taken by royal photographer Millie Pilkington in Buckingham Palace's White Drawing Room in June.

The digital images can be downloaded for free from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website for private use. Those who want a physical copy can request printed versions through  their Federal Member of the House of Representatives or Senator in their state or territory via email.

The government-funded program, introduced in the Parliamentary Entitles Act 1990, is available for Australian citizens only.

Image: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet/ Millie Pilkington

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