A regular baby with whom we’re all familiar so stop pretending otherwise has done you a solid and approved a photo for you to share on Instagram a week before he arrives in Australia. Now you know exactly what to look for as you resume mapping out the next fortnight and your wardrobe in accordance with the royal Australian itinerary.
Everyone who is anyone is there in this, the Royal Family’s third official glamour shot. Kathy, she’s there, her jaw slightly askew and clenched to breaking point, her eyes all but vacant, her hair and styling game never not flawless.
Bill too is there, his mouth agape almost as if in mid-thought, wanting to crack a lame Dad joke but not wanting to come off as crass in front of George, a frankly adorable yet still presumably incontinent sophisticate wearing a chic periwinkle knit lovingly embroidered with his name just in case he forgets it, because he is a babe of only eight months and – let’s face it – babies are, with respect, pretty bloody stupid.
The Royal Dawg, Lupo, also emerges from the inky background for a fun cameo; the vibe strikes the perfect balance of formal and casual, spontaneous and cadaverous; the filter is Valencia.
Meanwhile, you have not known true fear until you’ve looked into Lupo‘s eyes.
Photo: Jason Bell/Handout via Getty
