Kate Middleton's wedding photographer Millie Pilkington who took 以前 unseen portrait 'does whatever it takes' to get the 発射 - and is The 会社／堅い's go-to for candid photos

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王室の fans keen to 示す the 13th wedding 周年記念日 of the Prince and Princess of むちの跡s were delighted to discover a 以前-unseen portrait of William and Kate from their special day this afternoon.?

地位，任命するd to Instagram with the caption '13 years ago today!', the 黒人／ボイコット and white photograph was taken not by?the couple's 公式の／役人 wedding photographer, Hugo Burnand, but by their 私的な photographer, Dorset-based Millie?Pilkington.

When asked abut her biggest break, Millie, who received her first camera from her mother at the age of 8, told The Gold 版:

'I’m not sure you can ask for a bigger break than 存在 asked to 逮捕（する） the 私的な wedding photographs for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding in April 2011.'

Prince William, 41, and Kate Middleton, 42, married at Westminster Abbey in 2011, with around 37 million people watching in the UK and while 公式の／役人 photographs were 解放（する）d after the big day, Millie was chosen to take more intimate 発射s for their 私的な wedding album.?

Millie Pilkington's 以前-unseen portrait of William and Kate on their wedding day?

Millie took this photograph of King Charles and Queen Camilla, which was 解放（する）d on Friday 24 May と一緒に Charles's encouraging health update

And Millie, 述べるd as 'one of the UK’s most 尊敬（する）・点d and 遂行するd portrait photographers' on her website, turns out? to be the woman behind a whole host of 王室の images.?

Most recently, the photographer, who specialises in children and family, took a smiling picture of King Charles and Queen Camilla.?

解放（する）d on Friday 24 May, the image …を伴ってd Charles's encouraging health update 発表するing that the King would be returning to some of his public 義務s after を受けるing 癌?治療.?

Millie is open about the enjoyment she gets from working with the 王室の family. Speaking to The Gold 版 in April 2023 she explained that, rather than finding the 王室のs 脅迫してさせるing, she considers them to be 'more humble, 肉親，親類d, thoughtful and approachable' than a lot of people who 欠如（する） their 肩書を与えるs.?

Millie has also taken photographs of William and Kate's three children, Prince George, 10,?Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5.?

This photograph of Prince William with his three children was taken to 示す Father's Day last year?

同様に as taking portraits of their youngest child, Prince Louis, which have been 解放（する）d on さまざまな birthdays, Millie was on 手渡す to 逮捕（する） Prince William with all three children ahead of Father's Day last year.?

によれば her website, Millie, who is based?近づく Sherborne in Dorset, 'is known for doing whatever it takes to get the 発射'.?

The combination of her professional mindset and playful personality has seen her balance on 最高の，を越す of a ladder and wade through a pond to get the 権利 発射.?

When she's not photographing 王室のs, Millie is busy taking pictures of families and 追求するing 編集（者）の 事業／計画（する）s for 出版（物）s 含むing Country Life and Hello!

Speaking to The Gold 版, Millie explained that her mother gave her a camera for her eighth birthday.?

'I quickly became obsessed with, taking photos of almost anything that moved, albeit predominantly my dog and horse,' she said.

B ut Millie believes her 'love of portraiture' 茎・取り除くs from 昇格ing her camera to?a Minolta SLR at the age of 15. At that time, she 特に enjoyed taking pictures of her family and friends.?

Millie credits Jane Brown, the late English photographer who spent six １０年間s at The 観察者／傍聴者, as one of her most important 影響（力）s.?

王室の 私的な photographer?Millie Pilkington said William and Kate's wedding was the biggest break you could get

She (a)手の込んだ／(v)詳述するd: 'Be they candid snaps, such as her portrait of three Beetles fans or Cilla 黒人／ボイコット sipping tea, or even a の近くに-up portrait of Mick Jagger laughing, her striking portraits all 含む／封じ込める an honesty which I aspire to 達成する in my portraiture.'

Another 重要な feature of Millie's oeuvre is her work with Country Life magazine, her biggest 編集（者）の （弁護士の）依頼人.

For the November 2018 問題／発行する, she photographed Dame Judi Dench for the magazine and has since 株d that Country Life was a 出版（物） she had 'always 手配中の，お尋ね者 to work for'.?

While she has honed her （手先の）技術 since her 早期に childhood, becoming a fulltime photographer after she married in the year 2000, Millie is happy to 収容する／認める that いつかs a brilliant portrait comes 負かす／撃墜する 簡単に to?'a 一打／打撃 of luck - 存在 in the 権利 place at the 権利 time and 存在 quick.'?