At noon on April 29, William, Prince of Wales, and Kate, Princess of Wales, ushered in their 13th wedding anniversary!
After a long wait from netizens, the duo's official social media accounts finally released a wedding anniversary photo to celebrate this special day. As soon as the photo was posted, the number of likes soon exceeded one million!
But soon. Fans were immediately fryer: Are you sure this is a wedding anniversary photo??
Not only that, but this is an inventory of "old photos" from 13 years ago, and of course it can barely be regarded as a new photo, after all, it has never been made public before......
The photograph is captioned "13 Years Ago Today!" and is identified as the work of photographer Millie Pilkington.
Today, Pilkington has become a "close associate" of the royal family,
A few days ago, she also took a photo for the 19th wedding anniversary of King Charles and Queen Camilla, full of warmth and sweetness between the old couple:
After all, when the two got married, Kate William was obviously dressed quite eye-catching:
In the photo, Kate's dress is exactly the same as in the "wedding of the century" that year, but William seems to have changed his clothes, not the big red Irish Guard uniform that people see that day;
It should be his favorite uniform;
Obviously, most netizens' attention fell on the style of this "wedding" photo: "Why is the photo black and white??"
After all, last year's wedding anniversary photo looked like this:
There was also this very sweet snuggling together before:
Hugging each other tightly to show the diamond ring:
In short, there is no such "black and white old photo" in the wedding anniversary photo.
As a result, netizens poured into the message boards, feeling incomprehensible about posting black and white photos on the wedding anniversary, and some even said, "Who is the first reaction to be gone??"
"Why! black, white! Damn, I'm going to be scared. ”
"I'm going to have a heart attack, okay?"
"It really scared me this time!!"
"This PR team is too problematic. Knowing that they are in such a situation and still posting this kind of photo, it is unnecessary to touch the nerves. ”
"Why do you keep sending old photos! Where the hell is Kate? Can you give us an up-to-date photo?"
Of course, some netizens said that there is really no need to make a fuss, after all, it may just be a personal preference, and looking at the many black and white photos released by William and Kate in recent years, it seems to be more artistic.
"What's wrong with black and white? Why don't people like it? I think they just want to show that their love is classic and timeless. ”
"A group of people who have never seen the world......"
As you may remember,
Last Christmas, the official social media account of the British royal family shared a high-profile official Christmas photo early, which was black and white:
"This is our family's 2023 Christmas card," the photo is accompanied by the following text.
When the photos came out, it also caused a lot of controversy, after all, Christmas is such a festive day, equivalent to the Chinese New Year, black and white photos are a bit too unexpected, right?
In addition to saying that black and white photos are unlucky, some "plum fans" said: This is emulating Harry and Meghan, right?
As you may remember, Harry and Meghan have posted a large number of black and white photos before, and the photos released for the wedding anniversary at that time were.
Later, several times with a similar style:
So when William Kate posted a black-and-white photo, some netizens said, "This is obviously a parody." ”
I remember that in 2021, Kate William participated in the Earth Environmental Protection Awards ceremony held at Alexandra Palace and shared a set of black and white photos. At that time, Kate placed her loving hand on Prince William's waist, a rare way to show her affection publicly.
They were also photographed, the two looking at each other with smiling eyes.
Soon, this set of photos was also criticized as "plagiarizing Meghan Harry's black and white ideas".
Although Meghan and Harry do love black and white photos, after all, this is not Hammey's patent, so it is still far-fetched to say so.
Think about the 75th birthday of King Charles of England, who posted a photo in a similar style. The birthday star uses black and white photos, which is also cool......
Buckingham Palace described:
This is done to highlight the face, especially "the sparkling eyes".
The British media commented: "The king looks directly at the camera, his expression is focused and determined, and his face is rippling with a confident smile, but also full of wrinkles, this style is very suitable for a man who has ascended to the throne well beyond retirement age." ”
The British media and netizens are full of praise for this. thinks that the black and white photos highlight the domineering of Charles as the king even more.
After all, based on Kate's special situation and mysterious whereabouts recently, when I connected all this, I was even more scary.
Some netizens began to complain about Kate: Princess Kate desperately squeezed into the royal family, and now she has almost put her life into it, is she really worth it?
Since last Christmas, Princess Kate's activities have stayed online forever.
It was previously said that he would make a comeback on Easter, but it was replaced by a declaration of cancer + vacation, and the sixth birthday of the little prince of Iss, which did not appear, and now there are only old photos on the wedding anniversary, is it too strange?
Maybe Princess Kate really needs privacy, or she is not seriously ill, but why can't she show her face symbolically? Can't even take a decent photo, what's wrong?
Perhaps, only waiting time will slowly give us the answer.
Finally, put a group of comments from netizens on the British "Daily Mail", I don't know if it was intentional, netizens are all optimistic, and praise "the photos are great":
"It's beautiful, so happy!"
"What a great photo, Kate is getting better!"
"What a sweet couple, infinite blessings to you!"
I hope Kate and William can always go on healthy, happy and happy as these British netizens said!