Prince William and Kate Middleton have released official photographs to mark their engagement, taken by celebrated¹ fashion photographer Mario Testino.

英国威廉王子和准王妃凯特·米德尔顿日前公布了由著名时尚摄影师马里奥·泰斯蒂诺拍摄的官方订婚照。

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The official portrait photographs for the engagement of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton, taken by Mario Testino in in the Council Chamber in the State Apartment in St James's Palace.
Testino described the couple as "brimming with（洋溢着，充满着） happiness" during the photo shoot at St James's Palace.

The two portraits, one formal and one more casual, show the couple smiling and embracing after the announcement of their engagement last month.

Testino, who created some of the most enduring images of Diana, Princess of Wales, said: "I am very happy to have been asked to cover this historic moment that the whole world was waiting for.

"They are in their prime and brimming with happiness. I have never felt so much joy as when I see them together."

The Prince and Miss Middleton, both 28, selected the two photographs from a set. In the formal image, taken in the Palace's Council Chamber, the couple stand together with Miss Middleton resting her arm on her fiance's. The informal image, above, shows the couple embracing in the Palace's Cornwall room.

Testino took photographs for Prince William's 21st birthday in 2004. A Clarence House spokesman said: "Prince William has worked with Mario Testino on many occasions before, and so the couple decided³ that he was the right choice for such an important portrait."