Yesterday we got to see the new official family portrait of Prince William, Kate Middleton and their son Prince George which the family posed for as they hung out a window of their home at Kensington Palace. I commented that the hanging out the window thing seemed a bit odd but because of how adorable the family — and especially 8 month old Prince George — looked, I didn’t really dwell on that supposed oddness. I’ve since learned, tho, that the British royal family has a tradition of hanging out windows for posed photographs so yesterday’s new photo is only the latest in this tradition of photos.
This photo of Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Ann was taken on September 28, 1952 at a window at Balmoral Castle in Scotland … and, as I understand it now, there are many like photos of the British royals posing for photos as they hang out windows:
I dunno, I guess it’s a thing … a thing that Wills and Kate want to keep going:
I guess I felt these comparison photos were worth sharing because I assume that there are others out there who are as unfamiliar with the official photo posing habits of the British royal family and perhaps this enlightens a bit. I guess we cannot be surprised if posing for photos out windows becomes a thing, like on Instagram or something. You know it could happen.
[Photo credit: Getty]