Besides the state dinners, crowns, and whole “living in a castle” thing, the royal family is just like us. At least, that’s what the latest royal family photo leads us to believe. It seriously looks like it could be our own family Christmas card.
On December 14th, the Kensington Royal Palace Instagram page uploaded a recent pic of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s branch of the family tree. The entire crew is in jeans and sweaters, and Will even has the first few buttons of his shirt undone. Is this level of casualness even acceptable? Queen Elizabeth, please share your thoughts.
“The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are pleased to share a new photograph of their family,” the caption of the official Instagram post reads. “The photograph, taken by Matt Porteous, shows The Duke and Duchess with their three children at Anmer Hall. This photograph features on Their Royal Highnesses’ Christmas card this year.”
And actually, this will also be our 2018 Christmas card, as well.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte are hamming it up in the back, like older siblings are wont to do. And ‘lil Louis down in front is even a cracking a ‘lil baby smile. The photograph is familial perfection.
Just look at him. Just look!
#HRHBabyLouis is GIVING ME LIFE! OMG! ADORABLE times infinity! pic.twitter.com/EOM6PWR4pZ
— Denise in NJ (@BitCheekyNJ) December 14, 2018
2018 has been the year of expansion and milestones for the royal family — and that means, there’s been more than enough family photos taken throughout the past 365 days. In November, the posh posse celebrated Prince Charles’ 70th birthday, and showed us the receipts.
Princess Eugenie got married in October, and the fam provided proof.
And Louis was Christened in July, and the whole fam-damily was there.
Someone else got married this year, too, but we forget who. There wasn’t much coverage of it…
Oh, right — it was Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They actually put out their first Christmas card as a married couple today, as well. It’s a snapshot from their May 19th wedding reception. Very modern. Very romantic. Very royal.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are delighted to share a new photograph from their Wedding Reception at Frogmore House on 19th May.
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) December 14, 2018
The photograph, which features on Their Royal Highnesses’ Christmas card, was taken by photographer Chris Allerton. pic.twitter.com/PQPUuRwnIj
Will and Kate’s 2018 Christmas card gives off a totally different vibe from last year’s. Suited and dressed to the nines, Will, Kate, Charlotte, and George (this was B.L. — before Louis) were all perfectly poised in matching dusty blue outfits.
It seems like we are all in agreement that we’re loving the casual look.
My favorite picture of them-in jeans!!! Love it, so beautiful!!
— J (@JussChris23) December 14, 2018
Adorable photo. Thank you to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for sharing and wishing them a Merry Christmas ❤
— Sue Firth 💙 (@SueFirth180) December 14, 2018
OMFGGGGGGGG HOLY PRECIOUSNESS DJDJDHDJJDKFKFL 😭😍
— RoyallyKate (@RoyallyKate) December 14, 2018
Adorable....the casual look is so natural👍🏽 And little Louis has some wisdom goin’ on behind those eyes! Beautiful family😊
— TheNextHalf (@120KKai) December 14, 2018
And hello? Charlotte is Princess Diana’s mini me.
Lovely to see Louis, George is growing fast but Charlotte.. I mean look at Charlotte..Have a feeling that young lady will very likely change the World 👍😚
— Kath Wilson (@katsitter) December 14, 2018
Hey, guys — we’re pretty casual, ourselves. Is there any way we can get in on next year’s royal family Christmas card, or…?
By the way, if you’re feeling fancy and quite royal yourself, check out our royals-inspired wedding cake idea. Whether you’re getting hitched or not, you’ll want to see how we transformed a store-bought cake into something even Meghan Markle would approved of:
Sweet indeed!
