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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

Palace dismay as attempt to dispel Princess of Wales rumours misfires

The image of the Princess of Wales and her children on British newspaper front pages
The image of the Princess of Wales and her children on British newspaper front pages. Photograph: David Cliff/EPA

The Prince and Princess of Wales have long eschewed the services of professional photographers when it comes to the intimate and informal family portraits they like to release through social and mainstream media.

With Kate a keen amateur photographer, the couple’s Christmas cards and the birthdays of their three children are often marked by photographs taken by her. It is a break with tradition stemming from when the princess’s father, Mike Middleton, took the first official photograph of a newborn Prince George.

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