'Tis the season to be brolly.WHAT do you expect from a Royal Christmas card? A little festive cheer? An intimate family snap? Maybe a rolling image of a plush Royal estate? Sadly for those lucky - or perhaps unlucky - enough to find themselves on Prince Charles' Christmas card list, this dull, dour message will be darkening their doorsteps on Monday morning. The bizarre picture, showing HRH HRH abbr. Her (or His) Royal Highness HRH Her (or His) Royal Highness HRH abbr (= His (or Her) Royal Highness) → S.A.R. and Camilla holding umbrellas on board a ship in the middle of autumn, has been chosen to front this year's Clarence House Clarence House is a royal home in London, situated in Pall Mall. It is attached to St. James's Palace and shares the palace's garden. For nearly 50 years from 1953 to 2002 it was home to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, but is now the official residence of The Prince of Wales, cards. It's a far cry from the Prince of Wales' offerings from the 1980s, which featured happy snaps of him enjoying the festive period with Princess Di and young Prince's William and Harry. He certainly seems to be having more of a laugh with Camilla, but what on earth possessed him to put this image on his Christmas card? We sought an expert opinion from award-winning snapper snapper, name for members of the Lutianidae, a family of spiny-finned food and game fishes found chiefly in tropical coastal waters. Snappers are carnivorous, active, and voracious, with large mouths and sharp teeth. Most species travel in dense schools. Adam Fradgley, from Exposure Photography in Worcestershire, who was less than impressed by the Prince's festive photo. "This snap must have been taken by an amateur," he said. "The composition, or rather lack of it, is unsettling un·set·tle v. un·set·tled, un·set·tling, un·set·tles v.tr. 1. To displace from a settled condition; disrupt. 2. To make uneasy; disturb. v.intr. to look at. "Maybe next year they should call me and I'll do a proper job!" ben.goldby@ sundaymercury.net CAPTION(S): This year's Clarence House Christmas card features Camilla and Charles on a boat in autumn.; A Christmas card when Charles was married to Diana. |
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