'Feel the sand': Julian Assange has long-awaited family day at the beach

The family photo, showing the couple embracing and smiling with their kids Gabriel and Max, was shared on Stella Assange's X account on July 22.

As Mr Assange's release from Belmarsh Prison was negotiated in June his father John Shipton shared hopes for his son's future.

He said the 53-year-old "will be able to walk up and down the beach and feel the sand through his toes in winter, that lovely chill".

"And be able to learn how to be patient and play with [his] children for a couple of hours," he said.

"All of the great beauty of ordinary life."

Within 12 hours of posting the photo to social media almost 3,000 people had commented including US political candidate and self-help author Marianne Williamson, who said "love won".

The family have been reunited for a month after Mr Assange's legal saga ended following five years in a British high-security jail and seven years in asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London battling extradition to Sweden and the US.