Wales Family Portraits

Clarence House has been trickling out new and never before seen photos of Prince Charles, his sons and families. The Prince of Wales turns 70 today and as well as various photos and  Royal Mint stamp issues, a BBC television program was screened in the UK last week

The photos below by Chris Jackson were taken in Clarence House gardens on 5th September.

Eugenie & Jack's Official Portraits

Prince Louis Portraits

Christening portraits of gorgeous Prince Louis of Cambridge have been released by Kensington Palace. 

Matt Holyoak was given the honour of photographing the event and the family's joy was captured beautifully. 

Cambridge Family At Royal Wedding

There is much commentary today about the wedding of the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex. 

The Duchess of Cambridge along with George, Charlotte and Louis spent Friday night at Windsor Castle. Prince William spent the night at a hotel with groom Prince Harry. 

Let's take a look of the sweet photos of George and Charlotte at St George's Chapel. Nanny Maria Borrallo and the Middleton family were all sighted in the Chapel so newborn baby Louis must have been cared for by another nanny or nurse in the Castle apartments. 

Birthday Portraits Of Charlotte

Kensington Palace has released a series of new portraits of Princess Charlotte to mark her first birthday on Monday.

The photos were taken by the Duchess of Cambridge in April at the family's country home, Anmer Hall. 

Christmas Time Photos of Wales and Cambridge Babies

1983 William 18 months

1982 William 6 months

1984 William & Harry

2014 George 18 months

2015 Charlotte 6 months

            

2015 George & Charlotte

                         

New Charlotte Photos

source: Kensington Royal

Kensington Palace has released two adorable photos of Princess Charlotte.

The portraits were taken in early November by the Duchess of Cambridge at the family's country home Anmer Hall. 

Charlotte was six months old at the time and the photos show the princess looking very different from the baby we saw at her Christening in early July.

source: Kensington Royal

Christening Portraits

Saturday 11th July, 2015

Here are the Mario Testino portraits taken after Princess Charlotte's Christening last Sunday.

The photograph of Catherine holding Charlotte was taken in Sandringham House's drawing room.

source:KensingtonRoyal/Testino

Mario Testino To Take Official Portraits

Wednesday 1st July, 2015

Accomplished photographer Mario Testino will take the photographs to mark Princess Charlotte's christening this weekend. 

Testino has been asked to photograph many members of the royal family previously, including Catherine and William's engagement portraits.

Just months before she died Diana, Princess of Wales was captured by Testino for Vanity Fair magazine. These photos were commonly used after her death on souvenir covers etc.

Mario's photos of the royal family are typically relaxed. I look forward to seeing the finished results on Monday or Tuesday next week. 

Today also marks what would have been Diana's 54th birthday.

George In The Media

Saturday 10th January, 2015

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have tried successfully to shield Prince George from the glare of publicity thus far.

Photos were released at key stages in George's life- as a newborn, his Christening (right) at four months of age and then again in late March 2014 before the Cambridge's tour of Australia and New Zealand. These were all portraits released by Kensington Palace.

But the very successful tour Down Under saw George boarding or disembarking aircraft a number of times and also attending his first two public engagements. 

The first was at the family support agency Plunket playdate in Wellington, New Zealand when he played with ten other babies of similar ages at Government House. The other was at Sydney's Taronga Zoo Bilby enclosure where George tried his best to grab the poor unsuspecting marsupial (also named George!).

Whenever in public during the tour, George's boundless energy and determined expressions showed he is a a force to be reckoned with. 

Then there was George and Catherine attending a polo match to watch Prince William on Father's Day (right). A few weeks later, three portraits were released for George's 1st birthday.

More recently another three new George portraits were issued to mark Christmas.

The little prince will become a big brother in April. We will no doubt get to see George visiting Mum and new baby in hospital just as Prince William did when Prince Harry was born.

While there have been paparazzi photos of George playing in London parks with his nanny, this blog chooses not to engage in "pap photos".

It will be interesting to see how Catherine and William choose to manage their children's media exposure once they start school. I do think The Prince and Princess of Wales did an excellent job in protecting the privacy of their sons until they were in their early twenties. This was despite the very messy public separation and divorce of the couple.