Royal Family posts new photo of Queen, Philip surrounded by 7 great-grandchildren

The Royal Family has posted a previously unpublished photograph of the Queen and Prince Philip surrounded by their great-grandchildren.

The Queen, the Prince, and seven of their great-grandchildren are seen in one picture shared by the royal family's official social media account.

The photograph was taken by the Duchess of Cambridge in Balmoral in 2018 and posted on Instagram on Wednesday evening.

The Queen is carrying Prince Louis, while Philip has his arm around Peter Phillips' daughter Isla, who is cuddling Zara and Mike Tindall's daughter Lena in the picture. Princess Charlotte poses between her great-grandparents, clutching her younger brother's hand sweetly, as Prince George, Savannah Phillips, and Mia Tindall confidently pose behind her.

Prince George, clad in a short sleeve shirt and checked shorts with long socks, grins happily on the far left of the shot.

Isla's older sibling, Savannah Phillips, stands behind the couch where the majority of the family is seated.

Isla seems to be carrying Lena Tindall, Mike and Zara Tindall's youngest sibling. In the year 2018, Lena was born.

“The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh accompanied by seven of their great-grandchildren at Balmoral Castle in 2018,” read the caption on the official Royal Family Twitter handle.

Since then, the family has grown to include Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son Archie Harrison, making them proud great grandparents to a total of ten children.

Kate has established herself as an unofficial royal family photographer, often posting fresh pictures of her three children on social media.

The pictures provide an insight into family life at Balmoral, where the Queen has said that she feels most at ease, with her family visiting often throughout the summer, when days are spent picnicking, riding horses, and swimming in the (chilly!) Scottish lochs. The Queen has been seen out on the moors with her puppies and driving her children across the 50,000-acre estate in a Land Rover.

It comes after William posted an unreleased picture of his son, Prince George, in his carriage with his great-grandfather, which was also taken in Norfolk by Kate in 2015.