Last Friday those genetically blessed royals, The Cambridges, released their family Christmas photo.
Needless to say the world went mad for the gorgeous snap that bears little resemblance to the family photos most of us manage to capture.
The backdrop is far more picturesque than your average backyard. Little Prince George looks adorable as ever. Kate & William look rested, relaxed and HAPPY. Little Princess Charlotte is peeping out, oblivious to her missing shoe. It is all kinds of lovely and has their personal brand of perfection stamped all over it.
But a few days on the gloss is wearing off. The world is suspicious. Are they really that perfect? Did the royal family use photoshop to tweak their Christmas card?? Has Princess Charlotte’s smiling face been superimposed on her body?
Plenty seem to think so. Personally, I don’t buy it. My eye isn’t trained in this realm but I am reliably informed by those whose eyes are, that something isn’t quite right in this image. Something about the blurry background around Charlotte’s face? Her head appearing to ‘float’?
So look, we don’t know if it was or it wasn’t and we won’t pretend to. But I do know this: if this snap has been tweaked I would understand why.
Have you ever tried to get a toddler and a baby looking in the same direction for a photo? With their eyes open? Without one of them scowling/ crying/ wriggling away/ wiping their nose/ chasing a bird/ reaching for their favourite toy or pack of sultanas? While also smiling? Or at least not looking tortured?
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I love the photo.It isn't photo shopped. Or any other ways of changing a charming photo.
They all look positively in love with each other , and their adorable Children .Like all of us we want to look our best with the kiddies.
Let them be.
The only difference in this Family ,from the rest of us.
Is by birth and marriage , they all have a title.
Nah, they're all deluded. That baby isnt smiling at all so that means the 'floating head' and 'fuzziness' are probably figments of the press's imagination too.