Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first official portrait released

Nobody mentioned jeans and sneakers FGS

It’s just a boring rather stuffy portrait

I doubt that the artist was briefed to make William look like Mr Potatohead and to give Catherine some boobage but that is the result. The background puzzles me. Portrait of the Cambridges in no man’s land with a downpipe.

Stephanie48

She wore the dress in Ireland a few years ago, apparently

But obviously not the same bra under it!

My first thought on seeing the portrait was "This young woman needs proper advice about buying a bra!"

As a formal portrait goes it is all right - you surely didn't expect them to be portrayed in jeans and sneakers, did you?

Looking at it from the eyes of a 92 year old I THINK ITS GREAT and when looking back in time and remembering some of the so called paintings that is passed as art, I can at least make out who it is.

Well Done the artist.

I know, I'll do something extraordinarily "with it" and put a hand in my pocket! Sick!

Modernising the monarchy it ain’t.

What shall we wear for the portrait ?
You wear that slippery green dress that does something risqué to your boobs .
Ok and you could wear that suit that makes your head look like a King Edward ( oops …)

As soon as I saw this portrait I though it looked a bit old and dowdy for this pair. They are young, and have a vitality that this portrait does not show. I've seen much better pictures (photographs) that show them off in a much better way.

MissAdventure

I wonder what they think of the portrait, really?
I suppose they must like it?
Or do they get home and say "Did you see my head looked like a potato?"

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I'm not really sure about it. I don't think Catherine is captured exactly, and I dislike the "hands in pockets" from William - though I guess he is trying to look casual!

I think we could just carry on roasting them.

So if William is a King Edward, his is kids must be baby royal potoatoes or Charlottes.
Do we roast them or mash them?

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priceless!

That made me choke on my coffee. ??

No shes gone home and said do you think anyone noticed the toes, we are so close to world domination we dont want any slips up before the final invasion of toeless potato heads.

The dress is ghastly not Kate at all, she usually wears such lovely clothes. It is stuffy and as most say William is totally out of proportion Kate is prettier and younger in the flesh that she is in this painting. Not my taste at all.

and I quite liked the painting but I do think his head looks like a potato

I do actually have an art based degree

As a work of art it fails , as a portrait it fails , as inspiration it fails spectacularly

I wonder what they think of the portrait, really?
I suppose they must like it?
Or do they get home and say "Did you see my head looked like a potato?"

MissAdventure

So speaks the gransnet art appreciation group.

Catherine has a degree in Art History!!
Is that why they both look slightly embarrassed as if they're holding back giggles?

That is my profound judgement.

It was a joke, M0nica.
That's all.

*MissAdventure, yes and? This is publlic art and is free to comment by the public

Should we all have to have degrees in Fine Art before we dare comment n this rather pedestrian painting?

High brow we are.