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| Royal wedding: William and Kate release engagement photographs | Royal wedding: William and Kate release engagement photographs |
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| Jonathan Paige | |
| Sun 12 Dec 2010 13.01 GMT | |
| First published on Sun 12 Dec 2010 13.01 GMT | |
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| Two official photographs to mark Prince William's engagement to Kate Middleton were released today. William's taste in photographers is apparently the same as his mother's – the portraits were taken by Mario Testino, a good friend of Princess Diana and her favourite photographer. | Two official photographs to mark Prince William's engagement to Kate Middleton were released today. William's taste in photographers is apparently the same as his mother's – the portraits were taken by Mario Testino, a good friend of Princess Diana and her favourite photographer. |
| The first, apparently more casual photo – although almost certainly the result of hours of posing and post-production – shows William embracing Kate, with Diana's large sapphire and diamond engagement ring prominently displayed on her finger. | The first, apparently more casual photo – although almost certainly the result of hours of posing and post-production – shows William embracing Kate, with Diana's large sapphire and diamond engagement ring prominently displayed on her finger. |
| The second is a more formal shot taken in St James's Palace council chamber, which has walls hung with paintings of some of William's illustrious ancestors, and again the ring is clearly visible on the bride-to-be's hand. | The second is a more formal shot taken in St James's Palace council chamber, which has walls hung with paintings of some of William's illustrious ancestors, and again the ring is clearly visible on the bride-to-be's hand. |
| In what will no doubt cause loud tutting at the very least from traditionalists, the couple, both 28, are shown touching each other, with the prince gripping his fiancee's hip while her hand rests casually on his arm. | In what will no doubt cause loud tutting at the very least from traditionalists, the couple, both 28, are shown touching each other, with the prince gripping his fiancee's hip while her hand rests casually on his arm. |
| The couple chose the two images to be released from a set of pictures taken by the Peruvian-born Testino. In the casual shot, Middleton is wearing jeans and a white Whistles blouse while the prince wears jeans, a white Turnbull & Asser shirt, and a brown Brunello Cucinelli jumper supplied by the photographer. The second shows the prince in a suit, shirt and tie from royal outfitters Turnbull & Asser. Middleton wears a white Reiss dress with just a single pearl earring visible. | The couple chose the two images to be released from a set of pictures taken by the Peruvian-born Testino. In the casual shot, Middleton is wearing jeans and a white Whistles blouse while the prince wears jeans, a white Turnbull & Asser shirt, and a brown Brunello Cucinelli jumper supplied by the photographer. The second shows the prince in a suit, shirt and tie from royal outfitters Turnbull & Asser. Middleton wears a white Reiss dress with just a single pearl earring visible. |
| Testino has a history of royal portraiture. As well as being Diana's favourite, he took the photos for William's 21st birthday in 2003 and Prince Harry's 20th in 2004, which showed the brothers joking with their father. As a leading fashion photographer he has taken pictures of Claudia Schiffer, Gisele Bündchen, Elizabeth Hurley and Kate Moss as well as celebrities including Emma Watson, Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow and Julia Roberts. | Testino has a history of royal portraiture. As well as being Diana's favourite, he took the photos for William's 21st birthday in 2003 and Prince Harry's 20th in 2004, which showed the brothers joking with their father. As a leading fashion photographer he has taken pictures of Claudia Schiffer, Gisele Bündchen, Elizabeth Hurley and Kate Moss as well as celebrities including Emma Watson, Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow and Julia Roberts. |
| Unsurprisingly, Testino said he was "very happy" to have been asked to photograph the "historic moment that the whole world was waiting for". | Unsurprisingly, Testino said he was "very happy" to have been asked to photograph the "historic moment that the whole world was waiting for". |
| "They are in their prime and brimming with happiness. I have never felt so much joy as when I see them together," he added. | "They are in their prime and brimming with happiness. I have never felt so much joy as when I see them together," he added. |
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