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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-12/f ... ed/4462148

I think it insipid. It looks as though it belongs on the cover of a Mills & Boon

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James Daly

"It is the Lord." (Jn 21:7)

She looks a bit mean and sour in the painting. I don't think it is a good likeness at all.

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Daisy Martin

Don't like the tight, thin smile. I am surprised the she is pleased with it.

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Grace

As to the past, let us entrust it to God's mercy, the future to Divine Providence. Our task is to live holy the present moment. - Saint Gianna Molla

Is she?, Or is she just being "Royal"? We will likely never know.

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Bob C

I also think it doesn't reflect her very well. She's very pretty but that painting doesn't capture it at all.

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Valerie Garcia
vals1990@yahoo.com

"Listen, O my son, to the precepts of thy master, and incline the ear of thy heart, and cheerfully receive and faithfully execute the admonitions of thy loving Father, that by the toil of obedience thou mayest return to Him ....." St. Benedict

Val,



She is elegant and stylish... when she has clothes on.

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James Daly

"It is the Lord." (Jn 21:7)

Everybody's a critic.

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David L (CA)
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” - Groucho Marx

THE atrocious PORTRAIT ( looks like she's having liver failure )



THE REAL KATE ( not even the best image I could find )



the artist did a lousy job

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Norman
...that is the regret of a lot of old people when they look back and realize too late what might have been.
This was what President Martin regretted. He thought he was doing something good. It was a disaster. How can anybody know what is the right thing to do?
-- Theresa

Norman,



Not to nickpit but I'm thinking you've never seen anyone die of liver failure. Maybe you have but I'm thinking it looks more like she was just informed that she has liver failure.

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Valerie Garcia
vals1990@yahoo.com

"Listen, O my son, to the precepts of thy master, and incline the ear of thy heart, and cheerfully receive and faithfully execute the admonitions of thy loving Father, that by the toil of obedience thou mayest return to Him ....." St. Benedict

lol!!!

I imagine this is the look she would have on her face if her in-laws brought the dogs over and they messed on her new rug.

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Daisy Martin

LOL
Hhmmm.... but at least Mona Lisa is smiling.... Kate is sort of ... pursing.

Well, if I were her, I would not have let this portrait be shown to anybody. Would have fired the painter and found a new one.

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Grace

As to the past, let us entrust it to God's mercy, the future to Divine Providence. Our task is to live holy the present moment. - Saint Gianna Molla

She is probably thinking, "Up you Aussies", I will never be your Queen and to quote Rhett Butler, "I don't give a damn."

Just a thought for the front page of the Australian Women's Weekly and all those other Aussie publications that keep their circulations up by feeding this Royal "pap" to their mindless readers.

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"Lord to whom shall I go? Thou hast the words of eternal life"

My mother died of liver failure 7 years ago. Actually, liver cancer. Same effect.
The doctor gave her diagnosis Wednesday. She was jaundiced. She was still walking around, barely, on Friday, she died at the hospital 1:00 am Monday. My sister and I were there.

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Norman
...that is the regret of a lot of old people when they look back and realize too late what might have been.
This was what President Martin regretted. He thought he was doing something good. It was a disaster. How can anybody know what is the right thing to do?
-- Theresa

Grace,



That brings us back to being a "Royal", stiff upper lip, don't complain (at least in public), or as an American Westerner might put it.....Cowboy on.

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Bob C

A bad portrait of Churchill was unveiled in Churchill's presence. The great wartime leader was clearly not pleased.

http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=278128



Sutherland must have been drunk:

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Norman
...that is the regret of a lot of old people when they look back and realize too late what might have been.
This was what President Martin regretted. He thought he was doing something good. It was a disaster. How can anybody know what is the right thing to do?
-- Theresa

Norman,



Ahh...the jaundice...I didn't think of that but it does look yellowish. Sorry about the death of your mother but perhaps good that she did not suffer for years, though horrible for you and your family. My brother died of cirrhosis and at times had as much as a hundred pounds of excess fluid on him so I was thinking of that and not the jaundice.

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Valerie Garcia
vals1990@yahoo.com

"Listen, O my son, to the precepts of thy master, and incline the ear of thy heart, and cheerfully receive and faithfully execute the admonitions of thy loving Father, that by the toil of obedience thou mayest return to Him ....." St. Benedict

At least a portrait of someone who matters from a historical perspective! Royal smoyal :
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BobB

Fiat voluntas tua

Maybe Churchill was more critical as he was a painter himself.

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Daisy Martin

Maybe. But it is a truly dreadful portrait.

I do not like Her Highness' portrait either.

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Jeff Stevens

Val:

Not to nitpick, but after years on this Forum, I have found it most wise never to guess what experiences people have had in life. I was going to respond that after visiting hundreds dying from liver, I agreed very strongly with Norman that the flesh tone of the portrait could indeed be of someone suffering from liver failure.

But that is neither here nor three. It was most gracious of you to offer condolences to Norman after having guessed that he hadn't seen someone die of liver failure. Losing a mother to liver cancer certainly settled that.

On a happy note, Norman, the comment about the tone of the Duchess' skin was so pithy that you made me laugh a bellicose laugh. My secretary in the other office asked, "What now?" to which I said, "Oh, it's just Norman being Norman."

I would have preferred that the Duchess (could the media please stop just calling her "Catherine?") be portrayed in her stunning display of royal jewelry and accouterments.

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Sincerely in Christ,
Fr. Angel

She went to Mass nearly daily.
Apparently all those prayers paid off. She was still driving her car to church two weeks before she died, she lived with three of her children, and could talk an hour with me on her last day.
Infinitely better than the end of people I saw in the nursing home where I worked.

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Norman
...that is the regret of a lot of old people when they look back and realize too late what might have been.
This was what President Martin regretted. He thought he was doing something good. It was a disaster. How can anybody know what is the right thing to do?
-- Theresa

Cheer her up, Father. Tell her I'll never change.

You gotta have some self-confidence about yourself in some areas to accomplish something. See my ( current) signature.

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Norman
...that is the regret of a lot of old people when they look back and realize too late what might have been.
This was what President Martin regretted. He thought he was doing something good. It was a disaster. How can anybody know what is the right thing to do?
-- Theresa

Better than when they keep calling her Kate Middleton.

As for the jewells I think she'll have more access to the substantial stuff when QEII dies (long may she reign!)

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Daisy Martin

Jeff,



HRH.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine, ... s_and_arms

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James Daly

"It is the Lord." (Jn 21:7)

Father,



The absence is entirely deliberate. Part of the reason for the popularity of the couple is that they are very low-key.

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James Daly

"It is the Lord." (Jn 21:7)

Peter,



Only just noticed that. And this is the man who criticised my Catholic-Irish/Australian-Labor-Republicanism? (I'd tremble to think what you'd call me if I were a monarchist!)

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James Daly

"It is the Lord." (Jn 21:7)

I don't think it's a bad image of her. It seems nice enough.

I do think it's a little odd for a portrait. It's more of a head shot - like a driver's license photo. I think of "portrait" as involving full width of shoulders and from at least mid-chest up (if not waist-up or full-body, as in the Churchill example)

Speaking of proper address and driver's licenses, what is her legal name that would appear on her license (not that I think she gets to drive anymore) or passport?

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Rob

If a last name is ever used I think it's Windsor but I believe William's name tag on his uniform says Wales. I call her Katie Cambridge myself

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Daisy Martin