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Photographer Mario Testino has shot the official engagement portrait of Kate Middleton and Prince William, reports Vogue UK. "The legendary photographer - who took several sets of candid and intimate pictures of William's mother, Diana, Princess of Wales - took the photographs in the last month and they are set to be released before Christmas." [Vogue UK]