Picture Showing 9-Year-Old Prince Charles While Listening To His Mother Made Public

A photograph of Britain's Prince Charles aged nine listening to his mother, Queen Elizabeth, give her first Christmas TV broadcast has been made public for the first time.

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The exclusive shot of Charles from Christmas Day 1957 - which sees him sitting in a chair wearing sound engineer earphones - was taken by the BBC's superintendent of lighting Harold Mayhew, nicknamed "Mr Grumps" by BBC staff, and have now been made public by Harold's son Eddie Harper-Mayhew.

Eddie, who also has photographs of Charles and Princess Anne looking through an old-fashioned TV camera, revealed the collection on BBC TV show "Antiques Roadshow" over the weekend.

He said: "They have never been published and this is the first time they have been seen, although I have a feeling the royal family has a set."

However, despite being told by antiques expert Paul Atterbury that the collection could fetch between $2,200 and $3,000 if it was sold, Eddie insisted he will never part with it.