Proud parents William and Kate.
For most of his special day, His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge viewed proceedings with a kind of calm approval. Those present expressed relief – and surprise – he remained serene. It was too much to dare to hope the future king would bless them with a smile. But when the christening was over, when the group photographs were done, his mother cradled him inches from her adoring face for his official portrait and it was then that three-month-old George, saving the best until last, returned her gaze with a beam, then a little burst of giggles.
For the first time in more than 100 years, four generations of the Royal Family were gathered for the christening. And Bell captured the Queen with her three male heirs, posing formally. It echoes an 1894
image from the future Edward VIII’s christening, showing him with his father, grandfather and great-grandmother – George V, Edward VII and Queen Victoria.
Four generations strong.
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