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See Princess Charlotte, Prince George, Princess Kate and Prince William in Their Most Perfect Family Photo Yet (Plus 3 More Amazing Pictures!)

The royal family releases the official christening portraits from Charlotte's special day

Published on July 9, 2015 10:30 AM

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Princess Charlotte‘s christening just got even more picture perfect.

On Thursday, Prince William and Princess Kate released the official family portraits from their daughter’s July 5 baptism at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Norfolk.

“The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their whole family had a wonderful day on Sunday and were delighted to share the special occasion with the thousands of people who came to Sandringham,” the palace said in a statement. “They are very happy to share these photographs and hope that everyone enjoys them as much as they do.”

“The whole day had a happy family feel,” a royal source in attendance tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “It was a celebration.”

The portraits were taken by Peruvian photographer Mario Testino, a favorite of William’s late mum, Princess Diana.

And as he does every time he makes an appearance, cheeky Prince George – seriously, look at those cheeks! – once again commands the spotlight, even snagging a candid precious picture with Dad!

Testino snapped the impeccably posed images during the family’s intimate post-christening gathering at Sandringham House, Queen Elizabeth’s Norfolk country home.

Royal family members, including the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla – along with Kate’s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, and her siblings Pippa and James – assembled at Sandringham for a Downton Abbey-style afternoon tea following the church service.

It’s the first formal portrait of the new royal family of four, with William and Kate opting only to include their two children in Charlotte’s official baby pictures, taken by Kate herself and released five weeks after Charlotte’s May 2 birth.

Testino also snapped a portrait of Charlotte along with the four generations of British heirs – Elizabeth, Charles, William and George, who were first photographed together on George’s 2013 christening day – and the Middleton family joined in as well.

(And once again, the Queen’s purse makes a cameo!)

In another picture, Kate can be seen looking adoringly at her daughter in the Drawing Room at Sandringham House, while in a fourth the Cambridge Four pose outside in the garden.

In each of the new portraits, the key players can be seen wearing the same bespoke outfits they sported to the church service: Charlotte in the replica of the christening gown first commissioned in 1841 by Queen Victoria, Kate in a white Alexander McQueen ensemble and matching Jane Taylor hat, William in a suit and George in the Rachel Riley outfit resembling one his dad wore at the same age, back in 1984.