If you don't know what is going on, I'm covering Prince George's christening right here on my blog in four installments. In case you missed the previous installment (Which isn't that great of a loss, honestly), you can click here to view it.
Today's installment is going to cover the official photographs taken of the christening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge chose Jason Bell as the official photographer for the occasion, and he took lots and lots of pictures. Of everything. The Duke and Duchess then proceeded to look through all of them, choose five to release to the press and put the rest into Prince George's baby book. Which must be as thick as my hardbound copy of the Order of the Phoenix by now. Especially if they stick newspaper clippings in it.
Here are the photographs released to the press, which are also the only ones that you can see. Unless you know the Cambridges. Or steal Prince George's baby book.
1.
I have a strong suspicion that this first photograph is doctored in some way. Because how, otherwise, does a baby go from looking like this (Prince George: "If you come any closer, I'll pinch you!")
to looking like this
? He looks less like a gurgling baby who has very little control over his motor skills, and more like a young child who knows what is happening and understands the importance of it, and is cheering.
Come to think of it, that is sort of how I looked when I saw that the official pictures had been released.
Also, the Duchess looks a bit like a wax statue, but otherwise it's a lovely picture. I like it a lot. So much, in fact, that I've made it my new desktop background.
2.
This photograph of the Queen and her three heirs has great historical significance, because it isn't often that a monarch lives long enough to see their great-grandchild who will someday sit on their throne. The last time it happened was when Queen Victoria attended the christening of Prince Edward who would later be King Edward VIII for a few months. Before Victoria's time it was unheard of for four generations of Monarchs to be alive at the same time and now, what with modern medicine and everything, I highly doubt that any of Princes Charles, William or George are going to die younger than 60 (Prince Charles has already crossed that landmark). So, if you're reading this right now, you aren't ever going to get to see anything like this again. Forget Halley's Comet; this is the event of a lifetime.
But, despite the importance of it, there were only two things anyone on the Internet could talk about. One, bad heir puns (Because heir is spelled like hair, and there are lot of heirs but there's not a lot of hair and...Oh, you get the point). Two, WHAT IS THAT HANDBAG DOING THERE!?!?!?!?
The handbag comes back.
3.
Another lovely photograph, this time of the whole family. I am most impressed by Prince Philip, age 92, who is still on his feet, and Prince George, age 0.4, who actually looks his age in this picture.
The handbag from the previous picture is still there in this one (bottom left) and it's going to be there in the next one too. That handbag is the Queen's signature accessory. It is to Her Majesty what nude LK Bennett pumps are to the Duchess of Cambridge. And she's not going to give it to just anyone. And she's the Queen. She can do what she wants, without having to justify it.
4.
One more photograph, this time of both sides of the family. I read in some places about the significance of this picture, in the way that Prince William's family are standing/sitting on Catherine's side, and Catherine's family are standing on Prince William's side, and how that shows how tight-knit the whole family is, and how the royals have accepted the Middletons and that's just silly. Not about accepting the Middletons - it's very possible that the royals have done that - but about the way they've been positioned for a picture somehow indicating how they are as a family. I think it's just the press trying to make a mountain out of, well, not even a molehill. More like a mound of earth that just happens to be there.
Pippa is there, and she looks very pretty, and apparently she bought Prince George a silver mould of his hands and feet as a Christening present, but the person I really want to talk about here is James Middleton. I don't know whether he grew that beard specifically because he knew that he'd be photographed with royals at the Christening, or just because he couldn't be bothered to shave, but he looks remarkably like a King from the early 1900s - either King Edward VII or King George V.
5.
This photograph was released on Sunday, a couple of days after the others, and it is my favourite of them all. Prince George looks like a baby, and yet he's happy and so adorable, the Duchess looks beautiful, not at all like she's made out of wax, and because you can't see Prince William's hair (Or lack of it, rather), he actually looks quite handsome.
This picture reminds me, in a way, of one of Princess Estelle's first pictures (click here to view it). Of course, it wouldn't be the first instance of similarity between a British photograph and a Swedish one. Princess Madeleine's engagement photo was compared to that of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's.
But it doesn't matter, does it? As long as everyone's happy and pretty and rich, it doesn't matter.
If I haven't completely freaked you out, come back next Wednesday, when I will type about Prince George's seven grandparents and tell you who my favourite is.
(Spoiler: It's Zara Phillips.)
N
Images : Jason Bell/Camera Press/E! online
Today's installment is going to cover the official photographs taken of the christening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge chose Jason Bell as the official photographer for the occasion, and he took lots and lots of pictures. Of everything. The Duke and Duchess then proceeded to look through all of them, choose five to release to the press and put the rest into Prince George's baby book. Which must be as thick as my hardbound copy of the Order of the Phoenix by now. Especially if they stick newspaper clippings in it.
Here are the photographs released to the press, which are also the only ones that you can see. Unless you know the Cambridges. Or steal Prince George's baby book.
1.
I have a strong suspicion that this first photograph is doctored in some way. Because how, otherwise, does a baby go from looking like this (Prince George: "If you come any closer, I'll pinch you!")
to looking like this
? He looks less like a gurgling baby who has very little control over his motor skills, and more like a young child who knows what is happening and understands the importance of it, and is cheering.
Come to think of it, that is sort of how I looked when I saw that the official pictures had been released.
Also, the Duchess looks a bit like a wax statue, but otherwise it's a lovely picture. I like it a lot. So much, in fact, that I've made it my new desktop background.
2.
This photograph of the Queen and her three heirs has great historical significance, because it isn't often that a monarch lives long enough to see their great-grandchild who will someday sit on their throne. The last time it happened was when Queen Victoria attended the christening of Prince Edward who would later be King Edward VIII for a few months. Before Victoria's time it was unheard of for four generations of Monarchs to be alive at the same time and now, what with modern medicine and everything, I highly doubt that any of Princes Charles, William or George are going to die younger than 60 (Prince Charles has already crossed that landmark). So, if you're reading this right now, you aren't ever going to get to see anything like this again. Forget Halley's Comet; this is the event of a lifetime.
But, despite the importance of it, there were only two things anyone on the Internet could talk about. One, bad heir puns (Because heir is spelled like hair, and there are lot of heirs but there's not a lot of hair and...Oh, you get the point). Two, WHAT IS THAT HANDBAG DOING THERE!?!?!?!?
The handbag comes back.
3.
Another lovely photograph, this time of the whole family. I am most impressed by Prince Philip, age 92, who is still on his feet, and Prince George, age 0.4, who actually looks his age in this picture.
The handbag from the previous picture is still there in this one (bottom left) and it's going to be there in the next one too. That handbag is the Queen's signature accessory. It is to Her Majesty what nude LK Bennett pumps are to the Duchess of Cambridge. And she's not going to give it to just anyone. And she's the Queen. She can do what she wants, without having to justify it.
4.
One more photograph, this time of both sides of the family. I read in some places about the significance of this picture, in the way that Prince William's family are standing/sitting on Catherine's side, and Catherine's family are standing on Prince William's side, and how that shows how tight-knit the whole family is, and how the royals have accepted the Middletons and that's just silly. Not about accepting the Middletons - it's very possible that the royals have done that - but about the way they've been positioned for a picture somehow indicating how they are as a family. I think it's just the press trying to make a mountain out of, well, not even a molehill. More like a mound of earth that just happens to be there.
Pippa is there, and she looks very pretty, and apparently she bought Prince George a silver mould of his hands and feet as a Christening present, but the person I really want to talk about here is James Middleton. I don't know whether he grew that beard specifically because he knew that he'd be photographed with royals at the Christening, or just because he couldn't be bothered to shave, but he looks remarkably like a King from the early 1900s - either King Edward VII or King George V.
5.
This photograph was released on Sunday, a couple of days after the others, and it is my favourite of them all. Prince George looks like a baby, and yet he's happy and so adorable, the Duchess looks beautiful, not at all like she's made out of wax, and because you can't see Prince William's hair (Or lack of it, rather), he actually looks quite handsome.
This picture reminds me, in a way, of one of Princess Estelle's first pictures (click here to view it). Of course, it wouldn't be the first instance of similarity between a British photograph and a Swedish one. Princess Madeleine's engagement photo was compared to that of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's.
But it doesn't matter, does it? As long as everyone's happy and pretty and rich, it doesn't matter.
If I haven't completely freaked you out, come back next Wednesday, when I will type about Prince George's seven grandparents and tell you who my favourite is.
(Spoiler: It's Zara Phillips.)
N
Images : Jason Bell/Camera Press/E! online
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