A happy and relaxed Princess Anne is pictured at her private home in a new photograph released ahead of her 75th birthday on Friday.

The Princess Royal, sporting a royal blue dress with contrasting white buttons, collars and cuffs, is pictured smiling by a window outside her Gatcombe Park home.

The official portrait was taken by photographer John Swannell at Anne's Gloucestershire estate last month.

With her hair styled up in her signature bouffant, the Princess is also pictured wearing sapphire and diamond earrings, as well as red lipstick. Recommended video You may also like WATCH: 8 quirky outfits that made Princess Anne an unexpected style icon

Gatcombe Park has been the royal's home since 1976, with her children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, and their respective families

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