On the eve of the 90th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II, a touching picture of the sovereign and the three generational here  was revealed.
The picture is funny. To reach the height of the head of his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, seated beside him, Baby George was perched on a pile of foam blocks. The son of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton was born, holding hands with his dad, looks at the photographer's lens with a smile, taking his role very seriously. It is there to represent the third generation of heirs to the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on a picture for a particular use.

The photograph release this Wednesday, April 20th shows alongside Elizabeth II, under the gold of the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, her son Prince Charles, her grand-son Prince William and his little son Prince George respectively occupying the second, third and fourth in succession to the British throne. The picture was taken in the creation of a board of four stamps. Hence the need that Georgie is not too low compared to the three other members of the royal family. Especially since the photo shoot took place in the summer of 2015 while the little prince was barely 2 years.

If this picture of the sovereign and her three heirs has been revealed just 9 months after the being photograph, it is because the so-called philatelic board out on the occasion of her 90th birthday which falls on Thursday, April 21th. Six other stamps Elizabeth at different ages were also issued for the anniversary. Two of them represent the single. Of the other four, she is in the company of her father Prince Albert -who reigned under the name of George VI, her two eldest children Prince Charles and Princess Anne, her husband the Duke of Edinburgh and finally former south African President Nelson Mandela died in 2013.