First official portrait together for Prince William and his wife Kate, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The painting - the work of award-winning British portrait painter Jamie Coreth - is housed in the Fitzwilliam Museum of the University of Cambridge, where Kate and William saw it at its official opening on the morning of June 23.
Commissioned by the Cambridgeshire Royal Portrait Fund, Coreth worked to incorporate Cambridge itself into the painting: the background echoes the shades of the historic stone buildings that are synonymous with the city.
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"It was the most extraordinary privilege of my life to have been chosen to paint this picture," said the artist.
“I wanted to show Their Royal Highnesses in a way that looked relaxed and easy-going, as well as elegant and dignified.
As it is the first portrait to depict them together, and particularly during their time as Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, I wanted the image to evoke a feeling of balance between their public and private life. "
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The presentation follows the release of three formal portraits of the Duchess of Cambridge on her 40th birthday in January.
This time Kate decided not to make a painting, instead commissioning Italian fashion photographer (and Vogue collaborator) Paolo Roversi to shoot a trio of portraits at Kew Gardens.
In Coreth's painting, the Duchess wears her emerald Falconetti dress from the English brand founded by Susie Cave The Vampire's Wife, the same one she wore on a trip to the Guinness factory in Dublin in 2020. It is typical of Kate to support British design, with some exceptions.
At her feet she wears the classic emerald Hangisi heels by Manolo Blahnik.
A model, already seen in Sex and the city (it was the wedding shoe chosen by Carrie Bradshaw) that has already won a place in the hall of fame of pop culture.
Now, the cult stiletto has had the royal seal of approval and will hang (at least temporarily) in the National Portrait Gallery as well.
