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First Family Photos Released – Kate in Seraphine & George in GH Hurt

Today new photos of Kate, William and George were released.

Michael Middleton via PA Wire

Michael Middleton via PA Wire

In a break with tradition, the pictures were not taken by a professional photographer, but by Kate’s father, Michael Middleton.  They are a delight to see, showing a sleepy Prince George in his mother’s arms, while William has his arm around Kate. Lupo looks happy, he is joined by another canine companion, Tilly, the Middleton’s golden retriever.

© Michael Middleton via PA Wire

©Duke & Duchess of Cambridge via PA Wire

The photos were shot in the gardens at Carole and Michael Middleton’s Bucklebury estate, where Kate, William and Lupo stayed after George’s birth.

Two photos were released, here is the second picture with the couple standing.  Little George appears to happily be snoozing away, unperturbed by any activity surrounding the family photo shoot.

©Duke & Duchess of Cambridge via PA Wire

©Duke & Duchess of Cambridge via PA Wire

Also today, a portion of the first interview Prince William has given since George’s birth was released.

CNN

CNN

The interview was conducted by CNN’s Max Foster, more from CNN’s story about the piece:

“He’s a little bit of a rascal, I’ll put it that way,” William told CNN’s Max Foster. “He either reminds me of my brother or me when I was younger, I’m not sure, but he’s doing very well at the moment.”

“He’s growing quite quickly actually. But he’s a little fighter — he wriggles around quite a lot and he doesn’t want to go to sleep that much.”

The new father also revealed that he is somewhat eager to return to work so he might get a full night’s rest and alos explained about that first diaper (nappy) change:

“I did the first nappy, it’s a badge of honor,” he joked. “I wasn’t allowed to get away with that. I had every midwife staring at me, saying: ‘You do it, you do it.'”

He also spoke about his passion for African conservation.

He told CNN he wants George to experience the same Africa he saw as a young man and spark a passion for preserving the unique wildlife there, much as his father, Prince Charles, did with him.

“I’ll have toy elephants and rhinos around the room,” William joked. “We’ll cover it in lots of bushes and things like that, make him grow up as if he’s in the bush.”

William shared that Kate has been handling more of the night duties with George, and said she is doing “a fantastic job” with the infant Prince. Below you see Prince William with Max Foster.

CNN

CNN

The interview that aired today is just a portion of an hour-long documentary Max has done, that program airs on CNN September 15th.

How do today’s images compare to some of the first photos of William? Here you see Prince William with his parents in December of 1982, when he was about six months old.

PA Wire

PA Wire

Below you the family in May of 1983, Prince Charles and Princess Diana are playing with a very young Prince William atop a blanket on the grounds of Government House in Auckland, New Zealand.

Splash News and Pictures

Splash News and Pictures

Kate is said to be wearing another dress by Séraphine Maternity, the brand’s Knot Front Dress.

Seraphine Maternity

Seraphine Maternity

It’s the identical style of the Lavender Print dress the Duchess has worn previously.

Seraphine Maternity

Seraphine Maternity

Séraphine says Kate is wearing their frock.

Seraphine Maternity

Seraphine Maternity

Kate’s frock shows up darker because of the bright sunshine, the dress is a signature style for the company, and very flattering. It has an empire waist, a deep v-neck, and cap sleeves. More on the piece from Seraphine:

Séraphine’s signature knot front dress is designed to flatter the silhouette before, during and after pregnancy. Silky soft and flowing, the Jolene dress features an intricate knot detail that creates gentle gathers to drape effortlessly over a bump or after-baby curves…

Seraphine

Seraphine

It is priced at £46, $79.  Both the US and UK websites say the dress is back-ordered until September 16th.  (For the US site, click here.)

©Duke and Duchess of Cambridge via PA Wire

©Duke and Duchess of Cambridge via PA Wire

Kate also had on her Annoushka earrings.

Annoushka

Annoushka

And Prince George was in the superfine wool christening shawl by H.H. Hurt and Sons, first seen at St. Mary’s Hospital.

G.H. Hurt and Son

G.H. Hurt and Son

As one might expect, the new pictures were on the front page of most papers. Below we see The Express.

The Daily Express

The Daily Express

And the Daily Mail.

The Daily Mail

The Daily Mail

The Telegraph.

The Telegraph

The Telegraph

The photographs are lovely. Kate still seems to be glowing and both look relaxed and happy, albeit tired. Clearly, Mr. Middleton is not a professional photographer; for reasons unbeknownst to us the young parents preferred using his pictures as opposed to engaging the services of a professional photographer and doing formal shots at a venue like Kensington Palace. It’s said that Kate really didn’t the baby’s schedule upended with a formal portrait setting, an understandable sentiment.

I expect we’ll see formal shots soon enough. More on the likelihood of formal images from Richard Palmer’s story in tomorrow’s Express story, quoting an unknown senior aide”

“As far as we’re concerned, they’re a couple of gentle, informal family photographs. The time will come for more formal photographs around the christening later in the year.”

The publication of the photographs will inevitably be aimed at puncturing a market in paparazzi pictures of the royal baby but the palace was keen to stress that, although the choice of Mr Middleton to take the photographs broke with tradition, the couple and their infant will also be posing for press photographers in the near future.

It’s lovely to see William and Kate enjoying these very special first months with George.

LINKAGE:

  • Click here to see the portion of William’s interview that aired today on CNN
  • To read a transcript of the interview, click here

 

EDITOR’S NOTE: Many thanks to those emailing and messaging to let me know about the early leak of these pictures, I very much appreciate it.  I have had them since mid-afternoon but wanted to abide by the embargo on the photos that ended at 7pm EDT.

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Anne

Thursday 19th of September 2013

What a lovely photograph.

Eve

Thursday 22nd of August 2013

I love your headline, specifying not only Kate's fashion, but George's, too!

FrenchGirl

Wednesday 21st of August 2013

Something striked me : I have looked more closely to the photographies, compared them with the one taken the day they left the Hospital. the Baby George looks the same, is there so few changes in 1 month ? And William wears the same outfit. Maybe that all this is only a fantasy of my own.

Sarah

Tuesday 20th of August 2013

Kate looks absolutely radiant!!

I love the fact that her dress cost only £46 and any pregnant woman or new mum can emulate her effortless style!

I highly admire the Kate and Wills' courage for having the confidence in doing things their own way, like breaking tradition and having informal photos published first (despite all the endless criticism which comes with it) - Well Done!

Beth

Tuesday 20th of August 2013

I am intrigued with how deliberately "normal" this all looks. It totally has the air of "New grandfather is so excited to get a picture of his new grandson." They could have had a polished, perfect picture and edited the image to tinker with the lighting and so forth, but they didn't.

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