Kate Middleton unveils tree-hugging tiger as the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

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A TREE-hugging tiger helps a snapper get his paws on a Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.

The image was taken by Sergey Gorshkov in eastern Russia after an 11-month stakeout.

Sergey Gorshkov’s breathtaking image The Escape scooped the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

Natural History Museum patron Kate Middleton unveiled the winners last night

In the Behaviour: Birds category, Jose Luis Ruiz Jimenez’s Great Crested Sunrise came up trumps

Sam Sloss’s A Mean Mouthful took home the top prize in the 11-14 category

Winners were announced last night by the Duchess of Cambridge at the National History Museum in London.

She said: “The skill and creativity of this year’s images provide a moving and fascinating insight into the beauty and vulnerability of life on our planet.”

Other pictures picked from 49,000 entries include a clown fish in Indonesia, a proboscis monkey in Borneo and a family of great crested grebes in Spain.

Kate had earlier teased the announcement in a short clip posted online by Kensington Palace.

The Duchess, who is patron of the attraction, donned the all black outfit, pairing the smart blazer with a matching top and waist belt cinching in her waist.

In the clip, she said: “It is so wonderful to be back at the reopened Natural History Museum where we can all enjoy its treasures once again.

“I’m here because tomorrow night I’m announcing the fifty-sixth winner Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

“I’ve been lucky enough to have a quick preview and I can say it’s truly spectacular – I can’t wait for you all to see it.”

Mogens Trolle’s The Pose won the WPY Animal Portraits award

In the Photojournalism category, Show Business by Kirsten Luce was named the winner

The fox that got the goose by Liina Heikkinen scooped this year’s Young Photographer of the Year award

Paul Hilton’s Backroom Business won the Wildlife Photojournalist Story Award

Andres Luis Dominguez Blanco was named the winner of the 10 years and under category with his image Perfect Balance

Shanyuan Li’s rare snap of Pallas’s cats landed the Behaviour: Mammals category gong

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