Argie
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Good Lord!!
Yep, I think it's time for new pics. Nice and official, if possible. Big group setting.
Good Lord!!
I wasn't arguing. I thought I was making a joke. I guess it wasn't very funny.
I wasn't arguing. I thought I was making a joke. I guess it wasn't very funny.
I got it. You were trying to be empathetic, not factual. Making the point that mothers are tossed into a whirlwind, and , of course, give up everything.I wasn't arguing. I thought I was making a joke. I guess it wasn't very funny.
William looks photoshopped - smoothed over as if he's made of plastic or wrapped in cling film. Same look Testino gave him in the engagement photos. Just horrible - he's better looking than that!
Oh gosh, what horrible photos. Surely Mr. Middleton would have leanred how to take a decent photo at his age by now. However, I do find the natural setting refreshing. Kate is glowing, the baby looks a delightful bundled creature, and William and Lupo are gorgeous. Princess Mary does a bunch of her own official photos of her family and they all come out gorgeous. Hopefully they will have professional photos for the christening when the baby looks a bit more human. There such strange creatures their first few months.
Dear god I can't believe we're arguing/disagreeing about what she has or hasn't given up. Gimme a break people! I sometimes feel Catherine can't do anything right in some people's eyes.
Absolute crapThe royal baby pictures show privilege trying, and failing, to look normal
The royal baby pictures show privilege trying, and failing, to look normal | Jonathan Jones | Comment is free | theguardian.com
The trouble with the new royalism is that it is far more dishonest than the old royalism. This picture, with its amateur touches, gives that away.
And for all its attempts to look natural, it is posed: for the royal family is not middle class. The royal couple playing at "normal" parenthood is no more authentic than Marie Antoinette dressed as a shepherdess. The interesting question is why is such obvious fiction taken seriously by so many?
Agree 100%
Why disagree without any explanation or argument? It makes perfect sense. Many here fancifully believe that "Will and Kate" behave just like a "normal" middle-class family, which is simply naive. Everything in that paragraph is true.
The royal baby pictures show privilege trying, and failing, to look normal
The royal baby pictures show privilege trying, and failing, to look normal | Jonathan Jones | Comment is free | theguardian.com
The trouble with the new royalism is that it is far more dishonest than the old royalism. This picture, with its amateur touches, gives that away.
And for all its attempts to look natural, it is posed: for the royal family is not middle class. The royal couple playing at "normal" parenthood is no more authentic than Marie Antoinette dressed as a shepherdess. The interesting question is why is such obvious fiction taken seriously by so many?
Agree 100%
I think it was lovely of William and Catherine to release these photos. No, they aren't professional quality (those will come at the Christening) . I think it's wonderful of them to share their familiy photos (which is not usually done). To my knowledge, most of the photos of the royal babies are released when the babies are a bit older and we rarely see family photos (I recently saw Charles' tribute for the jubliee with him viewing old family movies which were never shown to the public before.)
Overall, I think it was a very sweet gesture (and something they didn't have to do but choose to share with the public). They both look so happy (as does Lupo ). George looks cute although very much like newborn babies I've known at this age (none of my photos of my own children at this age had their eyes open either.)
No no I didn't mean you haha I know you weren't arguing. It was aimed at other members.I wasn't arguing. I thought I was making a joke. I guess it wasn't very funny.
Why disagree without any explanation or argument? It makes perfect sense. Many here fancifully believe that "Will and Kate" behave just like a "normal" middle-class family, which is simply naive. Everything in that paragraph is true.
One thing you will see no matter what class a family is and that is family pictures. Because they are a "royal" couple, should the backdrop have been Buckingham Palace and they should have been dripping in jewels and orders? Should HM and the DoE be sitting on thrones at their family barbeques at Balmoral? Should Charles, along with this collection of toilet seats, have a royal butt wiper as in days gone by?
There is a lot of "normal" about Will and Kate and I personally think its a good thing.
They are not DENYING anything. They know who they are and we know who they are. They are not pretending to be middle class. I am sick and tired of arm chair critics.
How exactly are they supposed to pose? Are they supposed to be photographed in a golden room with the baby wearing a tiny little crown? lol one minute they're accused of flaunting their wealth and the next of trying to be normal. If William walked around acting like an entitled jerk he would apparently be living up to what is thought to be royal. Instead the guy loves his wife, his child, and values his in laws as much as his own family. And for that he and his wife get attacked. Heaven forbid they take a photograph at home surrounded by peace and family. How horrible.