SEE THE PICS: Some picture perfect portraits the queen and her family have posed for

FOUR GENERATIONS

Queen Elizabeth with her eldest son and heir, Prince Charles, his two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, Williams wife, Princess Kate and their eldest child, Prince George.

DIPLOMACY RULES

Some of the members of the royal family at the white-tie banquet hosted by the Queen. (PHOTO: Getty Images/Gallo Images)

For many years the queen hosted a white-tie banquet for hundreds of members of the UK’s diplomatic corps at Buckingham Palace. This picture, taken in 2016, shows (from left) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles; the queen; Prince Philip; Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge. The men wore ceremonial dress of the Order of the Garter, the most senior and oldest order of British chivalry, which includes knee breeches instead of pants to display the order’s garter on their left calf.

ALL IN THE FAMILY

Friends and family of the bride and groom stand around them. (PHOTO: Getty Images/Gallo Images)

The throne room in Buckingham Palace was the venue for the official wedding photo after William and Kate were married in April 2011.

1 Grace van ­Cutsem, granddaughter of Charles’ university friend Hugh van Cutsem and ­William’s goddaughter 2 Tom Pettifer, son of William and Harry’s former nanny, Tiggy Legge-Bourke 3 Eliza Lopes, ­Camilla’s granddaughter 4 Camilla 5 Philip 6 Charles 7 Queen Elizabeth 8 Harry 9 William 10 Kate 11 Michael Middleton, Kate’s father 12 Lady Margarita ­Armstrong-Jones, granddaughter of ­Princess Margaret, the queen’s sister 13 Carole Middleton, Kate’s mother 14 Lady Louise Windsor, Prince Edward’s daughter 15 James Middleton, Kate’s brother 16 William Lowther-Pinkerton, son of William’s former private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton 17 Pippa Middleton, Kate’s sister.

CONFIRMATION TIME

The family gathered to celebrate Prince Williams confirmation into the church of England. (PHOTO: Getty Images/Gallo Images)

At the age of 14, Prince William was ­confirmed as a member of the Church of England by the bishop of London in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

His close family and five of his six godparents then gathered in the drawing room of Windsor Castle for this picture, taken in March 1997.

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One of his godfathers, South African-born author Laurens van der Post – a friend of Prince Charles’ – had died in 1996. Diana died four months after this photograph was taken.

1 Harry ­2 Constantine II, former king of Greece, ­Philip’s cousin 3 Diana, Princess of Wales 4 Lady Susan Hussey, Woman of the Bedchamber to the queen 5 William 6 Princess Alexandra, the honorable Lady Ogilvy, the queen’s cousin 7 Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, whose family has close ties to the royals 8 Charles  9 Norton Knatchbull, Lord Romsey, Charles’ second cousin and Philip’s godson 10 Queen Elizabeth.

SUMMER MEMORIES

The royal family poses for a portrait during one summer at Balmoral. (PHOTO: Getty Images, Gallo Images)

The royals at Balmoral in 1972 – Philip, the queen, Andrew (back), Edward, Anne and Charles.

ONE IS A GRANDMOTHER!

The Queen looks lovingly at her grandson Peter during his Christening. (PHOTO: Gallo Images, Getty Images)

The queen’s daughter, Princess Anne, with her first child, Peter, at the baby’s christening in 1977. This picture was taken in the music room at Buckingham Palace.

GOLDEN DAYS

The Queen poses with her son Charles and her grandson William. (PHOTO: Getty Images/Gallo Images)

This picture of the queen and her two heirs, Charles and William, was ­taken ­before a ­dinner at Clarence House to mark her 2002 golden jubilee.

MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS

The Queen with her mom and sister Margaret. (PHOTO: Gallo Images, Getty Images)

The queen and Princess Margaret with their mom in a portrait taken at the Royal Lodge at Windsor to mark the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday in 1980.