Kate Middleton and Prince William visit visit the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team in Wales in April 2023.Photo:Matthew Horwood - WPA Pool/Getty
Matthew Horwood - WPA Pool/Getty
Kate MiddletonandPrince William’s royal bios have received a digital refresh.
The Prince and Princess of Wales’ profile pages on the royal family’s officialRoyal.UKwebsite have been quietly updated with new photos and information. The changes were made earlier this week and marked a subtle shift from the previous presentation.
The biographies of Prince William, 41, and Princess Kate, 42, have each been topped with photos taken within the last year. Courtiers updated William’s page with a picture of him on stage during theCoronation Concertheld on the grounds of Windsor Castle on the day afterKing Charles’ historic crowning in May 2023, where he gave aspecial speechdedicated to his father. Kate’s profile has been refreshed with a smiling shot of her from her meeting with the Windrush Cymru Elders to kick off the start of Black History Month in Cardiff, Wales in October.
A click into each profile shows that the bios have been loaded with more background and pictures. Each main tab — “About,” “Biography” and “Supporting the Monarch” — are now longer reads than royal watchers may recall.
Prince William onstage at the Coronation Concert on the grounds of Windsor Castle in May 2023.LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty
LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty
The Prince and Princess of Wales aren’t the only royal family members whose profiles have been changed — so have their kids' pages!Prince George, 10,Princess Charlotte, 8, andPrince Louis, 5, also received updates, and the bio photos are now the pictures released for each of their birthdays in 2023.
Kate Middleton meets meets with members from the Windrush Cymru Elders at the Grange Pavilion in Cardiff, Wales in October 2023.GEOFF CADDICK/POOL/AFP via Getty
GEOFF CADDICK/POOL/AFP via Getty
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis’ official royal bios are much shorter than their parents’, each featuring brief details on their births,full namesand baptisms.
A close look reveals a slight discrepancy between Louis’ bio and elder siblings’ profiles, as readers will learn that hehas not beenon an overseas tour! The Prince and Princess of Wales' youngest child has yet to join his parents in representing the British royal family overseas, even though his brother and sister made their tour debuts as babies. Prince Louis' first tour likely hasn’t happened yet as a consequence of scheduling rather than a conscientious choice.
Prince Louisturned 2in the spring of 2020 and might have had the chance to participate in a royal tour if the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t hit. Like millions around the globe, the royal family stayedclose to homeduring the health crisis. Prince William and Princess Kate wouldn’t make a joint official overseas tour until the spring of 2022 when theyvisited the Caribbeanin honor ofQueen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. At that point, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis were busy with a duty of their own: school!
Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, Prince William, Prince Louis and Mia Tindall in Sandringham on Dec. 25, 2023.Samir Hussein/WireImage
Samir Hussein/WireImage
Courtiers have been slowly updating the Royal.UK website following the death of Queen Elizabeth in September 2022, and the shift to reflect King Charles’ reign isn’t entirely complete. For example, an explainer onproper protocolfor greeting a member of the royal family still refers to the late Queen as the sovereign, but Buckingham Palace has hinted that the larger overhaul might take a while.
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Since Queen Elizabeth’s death,Prince Harry’s “His Royal Highness” title wasstripped from the royal family’s website.
TheExpressnoticed that the page had been tweaked to remove the two references to the title. Both references related to Prince Harry’s work to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in 2016. The title was replaced with “the Duke” or “the Duke of Sussex” — although he did not receive hisdukedomfrom his grandmother Queen Elizabeth until his May 2018 wedding toMeghan Markle.
Shortly after the couple stepped back from their royal roles in 2020, Buckingham Palace revealed, “The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family.”
Prince Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, continue to hold their titles as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
source: people.com
