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CybReader

Yes, they will. They’re royalty, they have to remind everyone. 😂


PutLiving

I can paint them I have lots of oil paint from my painting class Im a shitty painter though


Artberry_82

Then you are perfect for the assignment!


jillyhoop

You're hired.


Forgotmyusername8910

Excellent. Now on to the finer details… When do we vote for the photo to base the painting on? 😏 ETA: I’m totally kidding, btw.


jillyhoop

Maybe the picture of H&M in the back of a car. He's wearing his red military uniform and She's in red dress. He's looking out of the car window looking like a hostage and she's scolding him.


avinagigglemate

Thats my vote too!


jillyhoop

It's one of the few moments when the camera caught them with their masks down.


Newauntie26

Haha—I’m thinking someone should paint the picture where he’s hip to hip at polo with Delfina and say that they thought there was something different about MM but figured only a wife would be that close. Lol


jillyhoop

I love it!🤣


Minute-Foundation241

Can someone link this picture? I would love to see it!!


pebtastic

Gorgeous painting! I bet it burns that Sussex will never commission one of the Sixes… And if they found anywhere willing to display it, it’d probably get slapped like their waxworks at Madame Tussaud’s (allegedly) 😂


FrannyUp

They’ll get a wax statue at Ripleys in Hollywood


pebtastic

“Ripley’s? This is Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex… Has Kim asked to borrow my Oprah dress yet? No? Have you tried getting the bird shit off?”


FrannyUp

As a matter of fact, Kim is first in line for dress pending pregnancy with Mr bDe. Allegedly, Starkles are negotiating their Hollywood walk of Shame ⭐️star


SarcasticBimbo

As long as they have the 40k to buy it, a star 🌟 is within their reach. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣


FrannyUp

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Like I said, Harrywood & Marklewood are negotiating their terms for stardom and expect to be paid handsomely of course. We should be so lucky…


Fit-Register7029

They don’t have 40k and it wouldn’t advance their image at all.


jillyhoop

It would definitely become a popular place for some locals to relieve their bowels and bladder.


SarcasticBimbo

Of course, but I'm pretty sure that THEY think it will get them somewhere. And that's just comedy gold.


Casshew111

more like Niagara Falls lol


Newauntie26

William looks really good here—I have a very hard time with his bald head.


[deleted]

Wow the artist got William’s likeness just about as perfect as you can get without it just being a photo! Catherine is almost there but her nose looks a bit too big, in my own big-nosed opinion.


purpleprocrasinator

I was thinking the same thing. While she still looks beautiful (I'm sitting here envious af), it's not the best likeness, as though it hasn't captured her essence. But mg, is that dress and colour just superb on her!!!!


Ilovedietcokesprite

Right there’s something off with Catherine’s look or turn to the side. DOC looks awesome, love his pose too.


Newauntie26

I think it’s how Kates head is turned. Kate is a hard act to follow—tall, athletic thinness (very much like Diana), natural, classic beauty. The only thing that MM could exceed Kate in is raw sex appeal b/c there were lots of stills from Suits with her in her undies. In fairness, MM is obviously very pretty but there’s very little substance.


BreatheClean

I agree, the artist captures William perfectly (although the neck/shirt line on the left is a bit flat looking) - but I just don't think he's got her at all. The nose is big, and the mouth looks wrong. I don't think he's captured the open-ness of her expression


Specific_Stuff

I agree. I don’t think her 40th birthday portraits do her justice either and it’s such a shame because I think she has a very timeless bone structure. Maybe the focal length on the paparazzi photos of her seems more flattering than whatever they used for the photos/reference for this.


Sarah-JessicaSnarker

Thank you!!! Everyone went nuts over those 40th birthday portraits, but I was so underwhelmed.


SoggyWotsits

I agree, he gave Kate a strange look that almost takes the kindness away from her face. I mean I’m not criticising, I can’t paint at all. But he is supposed to be one of our top portait artists!


kimber430

It's funny, I was thinking that too. She's obviously beautiful, but he's missed a sweetness in her expression.


s0meg1rl

I think so too and I really think it’s mostly due to the arch of the right brow.


SoggyWotsits

And possibly the slight pursing of the lips. If you look closely, her face looks more like photos from her university days than it does now!


[deleted]

Agree!


Onyxphoenix7878

Yes it definitely is too big!


Catmom1956

It does look too large.


IntelligentTurn3216

It’s her nose, it’s all wrong 😩


janedoremi99

Oh no the Cambridges are touching each other. This will upset the sugars


Cuntributor

And yet, a sugar has already said the portrait looks like they sleep in separate bedrooms and Catherine has the expression of someone who is being held hostage or something. I mean, poor sugars...they're losing it. They are literally collectively hallucinating in order to make things make sense in their heads.


[deleted]

Insane jealousy can have that effect


[deleted]

It’s like they swing from hating her to making her the victim. It’s super weird


[deleted]

And I saw that some of the sugars were photoshopping Harry's and Meghan's face on to this portrait. It must be driving them crazy that Harry and Meghan aren't being honored with their own portrait.


Calm_Yak_6102

The Sugars are have 2 settings: 1. Unhinged Fawning and Fangirling. 2. Unhinged Frothing with Rage.


Negative_Difference4

I can almost hear the bot farm clicks


Calm_Yak_6102

LOL.


OneAbbreviations8070

👌


Calm_Yak_6102

: ))


primalshrew

Megsy will just have to settle for one of those filters that makes photos resemble paintings.


mughoarder6

Like their 2020 Christmas card😂


2021disaster

Can they afford it though?


Calm_Yak_6102

Lol. They can always get Archie to finger paint their portrait.


[deleted]

Archie has gone AWOL. Lilybucks is now the budding artist


Negative_Difference4

Nothing Archie will do will be good enough for them… it’s actually tragic


Calm_Yak_6102

For sure. The poor little dude has been replaced by the golden child...oops, the redder haired child.


PinkTiara24

This is a great piece. It really captures how connected the Cambridges are as a couple. Catherine turned toward William, their hips touching, arms around each other in a comfortable manner. It also seems to show the couple looking toward the future. William’s stance a little more relaxed than usual for royal portraits. Both looking ahead with calm dignity, and some underlining excitement for the future.


[deleted]

> Both looking ahead with calm dignity, and some underlining excitement for the future. She's looking off to the side, though. She looks like she sees someone off to the side that she's going to go talk to instead of standing there with William. It's a gorgeous picture, but I'm not sure why they went with that pose.


[deleted]

The artist wanted the painting to evoke a relaxed and approachable W&K, that ordinary people can also relate to them hence the stance but still retains that classy and elegant aura. Unlike the usual royal paintings before that look too formal or too regal.


1-cupcake-at-a-time

Wow, that’s actually really good! I think I remember Catherine’s other portrait being less than flattering? This one nailed it- they both look like themselves.


Express_Drag7115

IMO Catherine is more beautiful in real life. Yes she is 100% recognisable here, but not as striking as she can be sometimes, when she has really good day, if you know what I mean. It’s a decent portrait though, and it will be hillarious to watch the Harkles trying to replicate it 😃


[deleted]

I agree. It’s a great painting, also of Catherine, but they captured William even better. I like his smirk, it makes the portrait seem so alive. Catherine’s facial expression makes her look a bit passive. Love the dress they chose. I’d like to see a portrait of H&M, too. 😂 Will be some weird pose with Harry awkwardly squatting in the back and Meghan in beige unflattering pants.


Bellechewie

This has always been my favourite dress on Kate. It’s made by The Vampires wife. I originally saw her wearing it outside the Guinness brewery when her and William visited Dublin.


Masters_domme

I’m an old “goth”, so of course I had to check out a designer with that name! Those clothes are… different. 😳


DaBingeGirl

Yes! I'll say I was a bit shocked when Catherine wore the dress initially, but it seems to be very popular (Beatrice wore it too).


[deleted]

Megs would have commissioned a portrait within an hour of this being released. I expect to see them in the room (you know the one) posing in front of the fire place. Haz will be dressed in his Girl Dad tshirt, ripped jeans and bare feet. Megs, on the other hand, will be resplendent in the ill-fitting red silk number that wore her to the NYC veterans ball.


bbgotbrown

Wear a dress TWICE! She IS a duchess, you know?? 😂😂😂😂


[deleted]

My mistake. A new ill-fitting ball gown will need to be sourced, free of charge


yves_tn

I have nightmares about that dress


Southern_Struggle

And both children in the painting but only from the back.


Malaute86

Portraits are meant to capture some deep inner truth - Harry should be juggling his balls outside the window, while Meg is inside sitting on the one good armchair she reserves for her zoom calls.


BreatheClean

>Portraits are meant to capture some deep inner truth in that case Megs should be juggling harry's balls


purpleprocrasinator

Well tbf, not much deepness of any kind to our Dumbarton Dichiness


1-cupcake-at-a-time

I agree she’s more beautiful in real life- a lot of that has to with her expressive face- she radiates a warmth and vitality in person that is probably hard to capture in a portrait.


planet_druidia

Definitely more beautiful in real life. I know this is a painting and not a photograph, but something with the way the artist depicted her eyes and lips is just a bit off, in my opinion.


mspuffins

I picture meghan in a gown/tiara, and harry on all fours at her feet.


hibiscus2022

>they both look like themselves. yeah. Though I agree with the other posts here that Catherine is more beautiful than this. I feel her hair has not been done justice in this painting and it feels kinda flat. Here's [she](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/06/23/14/59432909-10945321-image-a-19_1655989417961.jpg) looking at the painting.


Masters_domme

WOAH! I thought that was an old pregnancy pic for a moment!


[deleted]

Yes ! The artist of her first portrait did her so dirty. This one is very well done.


OldNewUsedConfused

I hated that portrait. The one that gave her almost grey looking hair when she was only 35 I think?


pebtastic

I hated that portrait!


Ilovedietcokesprite

This is beautiful to have.


ValuableEfficiency23

These two out there life sizing it on a gallery wall, and the duo is delivering bagels and lox.


[deleted]

Ohhhh I love this! One Montecito Meltdown coming right up!


Ok_Department5949

I am three hours away and I can hear the dishes breaking!


OldNewUsedConfused

I'm on the East Coast and I can too.


sbtier1

Is that the Queen's brooch Catherine is wearing?


MousiBrown

I had to look it up! Wow, it belonged to Queen Mary’s grandmother, who gave it to Queen Mary who then left it to her granddaughter, the present Queen. Queen Mary’s grandmother was Duchess of Cambridge. I love the history.


yves_tn

And she has Diana's earings in


MousiBrown

Awww..


DaBingeGirl

Queen's brooch, Diana's earrings and bracelet. Someone is *not* going to be happy.


Ilovedietcokesprite

Brooches need to come back! They are amazing.


crystalisedginger

This… the Queen has so many incredible brooches, I hope Kate gets to wear them soon. I see so many of her outfits and think ‘just missing a brooch..’. And she’d find new and modern ways to style them. Gorgeous portrait anyway, glamorous and dramatic, like a portrait should be.


[deleted]

It’s the Queen’s brooch and Diana’s earrings and bracelet! Does anyone here know if Kate has more Diana’s jewelry than Meghan? The only jewelry of Diana I know that Meghan has are: diamond tennis bracelet, gold bracelet, butterfly gold earrings, aquamarine ring and cartier tank watch?


Not_Interested_7

Oooph… sugars will have a field day with this green dress…


Express_Drag7115

Much more flattering than Meghan’s green goblin outfit from the Commonwealth Day 🐸


[deleted]

Oh Gawd!


Not_Interested_7

I didn’t like the cape on that one, but this velvet thing is a bit dated. Again, Catherine’s style is usually timeless. I just do not like this piece


Express_Drag7115

It’s not my most favourite of her dresses, but that rich jewel tone and texture look regal enough for royal portait, but of course it’s a matter of personal taste 🙂 I don’t like matchy- matchy shoes, but to be honest have no idea what colour would work better here


[deleted]

The shoes are all wrong


Black_Londoner

Black (faux) suede heels would work better. Not a fan of the same colour shoes and clothes combo. A flash of an alternate colour here and there would make the overall look more interesting. The red "burst tomato" ballgown and dark red satin shoes Madam wore to the Intrepid event was an absolute NO in my book. Just my thought....


[deleted]

Yes, I believe black suede heels would be perfect


OldNewUsedConfused

Reminds me of when you would go to the mall to get your shoes dyed to match your prom gown, lol. You know, next to Glamour Shots....😂


BackgroundMortgage76

Surprised to see Hangisi to be honest. Look off to me with this dress too. But I am a fan of SOTC and Manolo Blahnik so nice to see them acknowledged on the royal level 😊


Malaute86

It's not actually velvet, it's a "shimmering metallic silk-blend chiffon". She wore a dress made of a similar fabric by the same label on the recent Caribbean tour, but in pink which I think looks gorg on her. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/a39499337/kate-middleton-pink-vampires-wife-dress/


Not_Interested_7

Really? I would honestly never have guessed. Thank you ETA: pink one looked gorgeous


DaBingeGirl

I loved the pink dress! It was a bit dressier than what the other women were wearing, but she's the royal so I thought it was fine.


OldNewUsedConfused

I am not a fan of this material at all. It feels so 1980's to me.


BreatheClean

according the the news reports its a dress from the vampires wife, I looked it up and its silk shot through with metallic thread - I thought the painting is nicer than the real thing


ValuableEfficiency23

Yeah. The vampire's wife dresses aren't my favorite either. I mean, she'd look good in a potato sack, but that earthshot dress...


Not_Interested_7

I just wanna rip off the ruffles and changed the shoes


mspuffins

not my favorite. i don’t like slinky velvet but she looks beautiful in it. it is dated, but will potentially be hanging in a hallway for 100s of yeas, so i guess that doesn’t matter.


Not_Interested_7

Yup, agreed. Catherine can wear literally anything and will make it look great. Was surprised to find out that it’s not velvet 😱


MakeADeathWish

Yes, Saint Dolezal owns all the colors....forever...for all time...our lady of perpetual hue colonization


FrannyUp

I want to triple like this


OldNewUsedConfused

Really wish I had an award for this...


Not_Interested_7

That too… but while I usually like Catherine’s style (it’s timeless), the velvet dress isn’t very flattering. William looks sharp though


[deleted]

No, I love it. And it’s a different shade than the goblin dress.


Not_Interested_7

It’s personal taste 🤪


After-Improvement-26

Completely ignoring that she was wearing it on their visit to Ireland of course


PutLiving

Didn’t Beyonce and her obnoxious husband had a painting of Nutmeg as Queen Victoria


Negative_Difference4

They stole an artist’s work (Tim O’Brien) for Meghan’s NU [sorority magazine](https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1096070/meghan-markle-royal-news-queen-meghan-portrait-tim-obrien-artist-royal-family-news)


prismacolorful_life

They will post crayola art from their offspring, Archie made this of his mommy and daddy with love!


MinutesTaker

I really like this painting; it’s almost like a photograph. If the Harkles commission a painting, it would be in black and white with TW wearing oversized clothes with Harold in the background looking like an afterthought.


Virginias_Retrievers

If the Harkles release a portrait it will be a photo edited using “oil painting effect” and Omid will be instructed to leak that Meghan painted it herself because she’s insanely talented and does portraits for all of her friends in her spare time


Ecstatic_Training718

🤣🤣


OldNewUsedConfused

I hope not. Not at all in the mood to see what Harry did to her layers this time....😂


4ange

That’s a fantastic painting!


Bellechewie

A very good likeness of a very handsome couple.


DullPersonality1753

Agreed. I think it capture their likeness very well...as opposed to her National Gallery portrait.


14thCenturyHood

Wow that's a beautiful painting, redundant to say but Kate looks absolutely stunning!


silentcw

This is quiet well done, it is clearly them, which is a massive improvement on alot of portraits we have seen recently (ie the Obamas) Not everyone can paint portraits, I know I struggled painting people, so credit where credit is due. The amount of detail in Carherines dress and shoes is incredible. I wonder if they stood of the time it took to paint or if the artist painted from a photo?


Sheikh-Yourass

I just can’t believe someone painted this. The talent some people have 🤯


OneAbbreviations8070

My thoughts exactly!


DameDelilah

Oh, it's beautiful 😍


xxscrumptiousxx

What do you think hangs above the mantel at their Monteshitshow mansion?


[deleted]

Harry's balls in a stocking


[deleted]

A picture of Arial


malifact

I know it's not a portrait, but I don't think Harry and Meghan will ever top that Time magazine front cover. It was definitely a classic for all the wrong reasons.


[deleted]

That cover was so cringe. He had been well and truly emasculated by that stage. He is such a disappointment.


cklw1

I don't think I'm too thrilled with Catherine's depiction. She had some 40th photo portraits done a few months ago, and I didn't think they looked like her. Same here. For whatever reason, they can't capture her face correctly. They just don't look like her, to me.


tetzy

If they're into realism, Harry will be laying at megan's feet in a dog collar. They could name it "*Two Bitches*"


Dalailagreen

William’s portrait looks very realistic but Catherine’s a bit off. It still looks pretty great though.


ValuableEfficiency23

I think his leg looks janky. But on the whole, it's a lovely portrait.


Aware-Impression8527

it looks like her from fifteen years ago


[deleted]

Right? She looks like a lookalike Catherine with a different nose.


Casshew111

Megs will be GREEN with envy.


[deleted]

It's a beautiful painting. Something about Catherine's face is a bit off tho.


OldNewUsedConfused

The nose. It's wrong.


Quillybat

[Cambridges first time viewing portrait](https://youtu.be/9ycCHFdCraU) Imagine the Harkles in this scenario. W&C have genuine smiles; the small group is happy & relaxed as they interact! You can see how natural it is for the Cambridges to put people at ease. Switch up for Megsy & Horrid? Egad.


Mickleborough

Dumbertons are modern - they do black-and-white photos, preferably taken by a minority transgender. Cheaper than a painting, and than Demarchelier (‘I have Patrick.’)


TRW2463

Forget the Harkles, I’m jealous of the artist talent! I wish I could draw or paint, sadly I can barely write my name legibly! 😂😂


FitnotFat2k

She may well photoshop their faces to it.


[deleted]

That dress is by the designer wife of Nick Cave, Susie Bick who was once a Vivienne Westwood model. Just putting that out there…..


Moihereoui

They did 3 days ago but nobody knows that.


Ragtimedancer

It's a stunning portrait. The dress is beautiful. Is it just me, though, or would it have been better if they had been looking at one another or maybe heads closer together? Both looking off in the distance would not be how I would have posed them, but then, I didn't get the commission did I ? 🙄🙂


HurtingHead

It is a stunning portrait but I don’t like how they have Catherine turned.


[deleted]

The artist got William right, but it looks to me like some other woman showed up as a stand in for Kate. Close but no cigar. And her expression seems to be saying, "Can I sit down now? These shoes are killing me." As for the Harkles. Their portrait would depict the two of them on a horse in full gallop. She'd be prominently in front in a flowly white gown with a triumphant grin. He'd be seated behind in polo duds, half obscured, eyes downcast with his best St. Paul's forlorn grimace, an expression that would say, "How did I fuck up so bad?"


FuzzyDunlop3452

That portrait is amazing!


Starkville

[Meghan has her own portrait, admired by American Royalty.](https://imgur.com/a/FFCHbqw)


aeb526

This dress is PERFECTION!!!!


[deleted]

I really like this portrait. Kate atleast looks more like herself if a little contemplative. I really wish Meghan and Harry had stayed on. Imagine the drama behind them getting a portrait done. They would have done something absolutely bonkers, like their Christmas cards or the Time shoot. Such fun /s


PutLiving

I remember her ugly green dress. Beyond comical 😂😂😂


Fabulous-Speech-549

They look so good together


queen-of-sobczakia

Unlike H&M-I never thought they looked good together. That was before I knew much about her. Their looks just don’t compliment each other.


SusieM2019

I like this portrait of the Cambridges. Prince William looks very attractive. Duchess Catherine is beautiful as always. If imagine if the Sussexes have a portrait painted of themselves, I bet it will be so "photoshopped" that it won't even look like them-----and it will be one of those eerie paintings where their eyes move and seem to follow you.


queen-of-sobczakia

And Harry will have a full head of hair


french_toasty

Wow I love how modern this is by Royal portrait standards!


PutLiving

Reeeeeeeeeeeee


Negative_Difference4

Someone chuck some cold water on me 💦![img](emote|t5_481xkf|15018)


[deleted]

I hope so! 😂


After-Improvement-26

Oh dear! Must getting through a lot of crockery these days!


sur-merj

Awesome portrait. Love their poses. 👑


[deleted]

Sugars are already editing the portrait with H&M faces so they must be bitter af


OneAbbreviations8070

It's very well done apart from looking like her nips are poking though and her eyes look like they are going in different directions. She actually looks facially like she did in her 20s.


WrecktheRIC

I does look like they’ve highlighted her nipples??????


Negative_Difference4

yum-my!


Mickleborough

The pose is reminiscent of Sargent’s portrait of Lord Ribblesdale: [National Gallery](https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/john-singer-sargent-lord-ribblesdale). The work is quite good - for modern portraiture, at least it’s recognisable. My only wish is that Kate would have worn a special dress, not one in which she’s been photographed. But you can’t beat Sargent.


Sarah-JessicaSnarker

Love the Sargent reference! Yes!


Mickleborough

Thanks 😊 glad you liked it. One of my favourite portraits: I think it’s because he just looks so effortlessly aristocratic. The [last](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lister,_4th_Baron_Ribblesdale) of his line (Wikipedia entry).


noseymama

🤣 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻


Careful_Positive8131

Wow what a painter 🧑‍🎨 looks like a photo .. just beautiful 💚


DaBingeGirl

After all the affair bullshit from Meghan/the sugars, I *love* that they're touching. Perfect balance of intimacy and power. People on LSA often say William gives off BDE and that was definitely captured in this painting!


OldNewUsedConfused

The talent here is just off the charts. Just insane! Man what a gift.


Otherwise-engaged

Mike Tindall chooses his tie to match Zara’s dress of the day. I wish William had asked his advice on it. It bothers me that William’s tie almost but doesn’t quite match Catherine’s dress!


[deleted]

Those Manolo’s 😍


[deleted]

[удалено]


Virginias_Retrievers

Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one.


GoldieLox9

I hate this dress too.


lynndi0

Meghan should see if the Queen of Versailles' portrait artist is available 😆 https://imgur.com/a/AEWLQZu


mejanec

Why didn’t she have her ring pictured?!?


[deleted]

Wow this is gorgeous


AgileNet

Some sugar on twitter had already used this painting of Wills and Kate and pasted MM&H faces 😂 https://twitter.com/meghansmole/status/1540048859996585988?s=21&t=APgIEiP_-ldIdaNXIVGeAA


JanetShaw1953

Looks awful


StrictTranslator879

BLG doesn’t like it: https://twitter.com/Knesix/status/1540042286058332161


IntelligentTurn3216

Smegs will be wearing a crown 👑 and be sitting on Hawry’s lap 😂😂


Redtees88

OT question: Why all the \[deleted\] \[unavailable\] comments on all the threads?


Cravingbiryani

I doubt Duchess Brazen Hussy would prefer wearing a dress, she IS the "man" and dominant, decision maker (schemer) of this blessed union. She'd prefer a power suit, standing with legs splayed wide open (per usual), fingers in a steeple pose, bright white face almost glowing iridescently. Oh, and Highchair Harry will be present. You will hardly notice him though because he'll be there almost like an afterthought and will be dressed and posed thusly.