Even Dickens spoke of small children and us doting on them.It appears you believe it appropraite not to dote on children then whether they are your own or others children they are what Dickens so profoundly wrote about.Just because she is in the presence of children is she supposed to drop to her knees and hug the children for the gratification of photographers and internet posters? Just because she is dating the Prince of Monaco is she even supposed to like other peoples children? If she were to eventually become Princess Consort it would still be possible for her to work on behalf of childrens charities even if she didn't like children (which we do not know to be true anyway). Princess Anne has never made any secret of not being especially fond of small children but that hasn't stopped her rather admirable work with Save The Children over the last 25+ yrs. Nor did it stop her from being a good mother to her own children who seem to have turned out rather well. Photographs reflect a second of a persons life and thats all, they do not give insights into a persons soul.
"Don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see" might be advisable before jumping to conclusions when reading Bunte and other gossip sheets.
But then who am I to say anything just an internet poster versed in Dickens as opposed to one not.alas!
AS for CW falling to her knees for children you have so wonderfully observed that hypothetically or otherwise she does not.Photographs reveal the soul.They are the indicator of the signifier of the soul. One thing they reveal is truth.They do give insights into the soul and the heart.. alas...That is why they are in fact studies of those transient moments and how the individual is wending through time.I have to disagree and say photographs are revelatory.....beyond the superficial......one has to be able to see and not merely look.