Harry and Meghan’s Christmas card

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s fine. They look like the more chill family compared to the Wales. Like the Wales’ are your MAGA family next door in a preppy place like Bethesda.

They aren’t the Wales. The Wales most likely think not a whit about them.

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Anonymous wrote:At least it appears a more natural pose than what the palace puts out.

It doesn't though, there's absolutely nothing natural about it, it looks so awkward.

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Anonymous wrote:These fake casual pictures that photographers take, that are actually overly posed just look a bit ridiculous.

If you don't want to show faces, then you can do the family walking away with the camera behind them that many do. But to hide their faces by hanging their hair over their face or having them faceplant into your belly is just weird!

Very odd she wanted a transparent dress. Strange choice for someone who has a wardrobe with probably more than a million dollars in clothes!

Never! Meggies does NOT want you to see her butt.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s fine. They look like the more chill family compared to the Wales. Like the Wales’ are your MAGA family next door in a preppy place like Bethesda.

What a seriously stupid comment.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the boy’s pose was, well, awkward. Good thing he is tall enough but still, no.

Yes, very awkward. And something about the pose with Meghan and her daughter makes me think she's leaning down to scold her. I know Meghan is smiling but it’s like when your kid keeps disobeying and you take them by both hands and tell them to look you in the eye and listen or else. The whole thing is awkward to me!

When I go in to touch my daughter's face, I don't bend at the waist, I kneel down to get close - I'm not sure I've ever bent at the waist like that. I think that's what is so odd about the post. I think a lot of parents would want their whole body to be close to their child, not just their face.

Agreed. I think that is part of what makes it look unnatural. Also Archie is 6 and a half. He should be close to 4 feet tall by now. I wonder how long he had to hang there! Maybe awhile and he slipped down. Usually kids jump up when they jump onto you. they don't grab low and then lift their legs off the ground like that.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s fine. They look like the more chill family compared to the Wales. Like the Wales’ are your MAGA family next door in a preppy place like Bethesda.

No. Each parent close to just 1 kid? Weird. Nobody does that. It’s a group photo, all together. This is just odd.

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Anonymous wrote:They all look so disheveled and awkward both individually and with each other.

The girl’s hair definitely needs to be brushed and cut.

What up with the weird photoshopping his bald spot with tree leaves?

It is just such a bad Christmas card. So I looked up William’s. It looks classy while Harry’s looks so trashy.

Here is William’s:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9975zk98kyo

Ahhh, so sweet. Like every daughter puts their head on daddy’s shoulder while he’s holding the youngest. As awkward as Harry’s.

No matter what Harry and Meghan do, the British folks on here will find fault with it.

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Lillibet's hair is not brushed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They all look so disheveled and awkward both individually and with each other.

The girl’s hair definitely needs to be brushed and cut.

What up with the weird photoshopping his bald spot with tree leaves?

It is just such a bad Christmas card. So I looked up William’s. It looks classy while Harry’s looks so trashy.

Here is William’s:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9975zk98kyo

Ahhh, so sweet. Like every daughter puts their head on daddy’s shoulder while he’s holding the youngest. As awkward as Harry’s.

No matter what Harry and Meghan do, the British folks on here will find fault with it.

It’s odd how often they miss the mark. People notice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s fine. They look like the more chill family compared to the Wales. Like the Wales’ are your MAGA family next door in a preppy place like Bethesda.

I’m a bit over the posed “casual” and “chill” pretending not to pose posed family pictures. In general, not just in this photo.

I get this is (was?) a big trend but seems silly to get everyone dressed up, drive out to some big empty field or whatever, and then have a photographer take photos of the family pretending they are just laughing in a field together and that they are unaware the person they paid to take photos of them is taking photos

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They all look so disheveled and awkward both individually and with each other.

The girl’s hair definitely needs to be brushed and cut.

What up with the weird photoshopping his bald spot with tree leaves?

It is just such a bad Christmas card. So I looked up William’s. It looks classy while Harry’s looks so trashy.

Here is William’s:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9975zk98kyo

Ahhh, so sweet. Like every daughter puts their head on daddy’s shoulder while he’s holding the youngest. As awkward as Harry’s.

No matter what Harry and Meghan do, the British folks on here will find fault with it.

They aren't trying to be casual or natural. That is a clearly posed family picture and they aren't trying to hide that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s fine. They look like the more chill family compared to the Wales. Like the Wales’ are your MAGA family next door in a preppy place like Bethesda.

I’m a bit over the posed “casual” and “chill” pretending not to pose posed family pictures. In general, not just in this photo.

I get this is (was?) a big trend but seems silly to get everyone dressed up, drive out to some big empty field or whatever, and then have a photographer take photos of the family pretending they are just laughing in a field together and that they are unaware the person they paid to take photos of them is taking photos

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I’m very neutral on Meghan and Harry. (I like Harry more than her). I see the criticism and I see the noise.

My take on Wales and Sussex. Our last family photo shoot had pictures like both. We did some playing at a creek, some barefoot kids, climbing on rocks, standing and walking together naturally across a bridge on a creek. We had some “sitting in a field.” It was a pretty field and taking a break from our walking around the area.

**This is all very common for families of all classes. It’s silly to criticize the location/family pose. Each family probably has private additional photos of the exact same session with “each others’” style.**

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Neutral parent here commenting again

It’s more interesting to talk about choices, outside of the pose and location. And not as a criticism OF them, but a signal FROM them

Unbrushed hair—raising a child “gentle” or with a lot more personal agency than children in the inner circle.
Transparent dress—not thinking. Didn’t enter her mind. So that’s dumb. Combine not thinking with the lighting. And then.. she chose it. Didn’t choose another. Didn’t say, let’s use the other shoot we did, or a future one. Putting all else first besides a little bit of modesty. Maybe thought it was sexy/funny. Funny to see herself outside the rules. She has shown this in other choices since leaving UK. Consistent. Not criticism, analysis of her choice.

Both choosing nature, not posed indoors. Generational, fitting with many families.

Turning kids away - I’m least surprised by this. When you have 1. Harry’s trauma from lack of privacy. Yes, did you even read his book. Hate it all you want, you can tell how much he fears. He learned to pilot a f***** helicopter, but he’s more in his element there than among press. Small steps to avoid the same for his innocent children 2. Other side of same coin, people were conspiracy-talk about dolls or borrowed children when they were babies. They have to show the children to combat this.

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She 100% knew that dress was transparent and the photographer would have told her and she would have been looking at her hat the photographer was taking on the camera. She has a team of people and they probably had multiple wardrobe changes at the shoot. Meghan likes to control everything and she would have known exactly what this looked like. These are not oh how funny, didn’t realize until we got the proofs that you could see through my dress.