Princess Catherine, BBC Dad, and the New Picture Perfect
A family snap of the Princess of Wales with her three children has dominated headlines and group chats since its release on U.K. Mother’s Day last weekend. Princess Catherine, whom the palace says is recovering from abdominal surgery in January, is known chiefly for never putting a foot wrong in nearly two decades of intense public scrutiny—first as girlfriend of Prince William, then as a wife and mother to future kings, and an advocate for uncontroversial but important causes such as early childhood development.
Yet even for a woman defined by her seeming perfection—Hillary Mantel once wrote the former duchess appeared to have been designed by a committee and built by craftsmen—the Mother’s Day photo of Catherine and her family was judged a little too perfect.… Seguir leyendo »