Official Portrait of KATE MIDDLETON

cikatilia · Post time 12-1-2013 11:33 PM

I'm thrilled! Kate brave face as she sees first official portrait critics are calling 'rotten'

Painting is sure to be divisive - but Kate is said to be 'thrilled' with it

The Duchess is shown grimacing rather than smiling

Hair has a coppery tinge and there are shadows and lines under her eyes

Artist wanted to capture her 'charm, serenity and intelligence’

Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder.

But as the Duchess of Cambridge’s first official portrait was unveiled to the public yesterday, art critics were, unusually, largely united in their condemnation.

‘Ghastly ... rotten ... an out and out disaster,’ was the view of the editor of the British Art Journal, Robin Simon.

One to show the grandchildren? The pregnant Duchess looked in high spirits as she arrived at the gallery for a private viewing this morning ahead of the public unveiling

the pelukis with couple itu.. huhu

katanya nak menyerlahkan mata hijau kate middleton.. nampak mcm eye bag / mata tua la plak..

Last edited by cikatilia on 12-1-2013 11:36 PM

cikatilia · Post time 12-1-2013 11:36 PM

subang yang di pakai dlm potret adalah milik lady D

The glittering sapphire and diamond earrings Kate wears in her portrait were once owned by Princess Diana, who received them as a wedding present from Prince Charles.
William’s mother was given the earrings by Charles because they bore a startling resemblance to her engagement ring – which is now also worn by the daughter-in-law she never got to meet.
Diana famously wore the jewels on the cover of Vogue in July 1994, as well as on numerous other public occasions.
After her death it is understood they were returned to Charles who gave them to his ‘darling daughter-in-law’ when she married William in 2011. Kate first wore them in public on her royal tour to Canada, after having them slightly remodelled.