Queen Elizabeth II has approved of Prince Charles’ and Camilla Parker Bowles’ upcoming wedding by ordering the Royal Mail to issue two new stamps, reports Women’s Wear Daily.

The pictures of the happy couple were taken by photographers chosen personally by Charles and Camilla. The shots were made in Scotland at Balmoral and the Castle of Mey, owned by the late Queen Mother and where the prince used to spend his childhood days.

The couple were both wearing green tweed jackets and smiling happily. Prince Charles wore a bachelor’s boutonniere and Camilla flaunted a big brooch.

The stamps, which come in two versions will be available on the couple's wedding day of  April 8. The 30 pence stamp features Camilla and Charles guffawing with laughter, while on the 68 pence version they strike a more formal pose.

The Daily Mirror believes the issue was a mockery of Charles's intention to have a “low-key” wedding ceremony. Another British newspaper, the Daily Mail comments unforgivingly:

"They may have the Queen's approval. The public's blessing, however, may be another matter."

Curiously, Camilla isn’t the first royal mistress commemorated on a stamp, but she’s, in fact, her direct relative.

The 1995 Royal Mail issue features Camilla’s great-grandmother Alice Keppel,  lover of Prince Charles’s great-great-grandfather Edward VII, with daughter Violet