Official Family Portrait on Royal Wedding Day

By Christine Fenno Posted Apr 30th 2011 08:36AM

The recessional march from Westminster Abbey that ended the historic wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (make that Duchess of Cambridge) began a long day full of photo ops.

As the family gathered inside the throne room of Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II sat next to her husband, Prince Philip, for their grandson's official family portrait with his new bride. The newlyweds look genuinely delighted striking a regal pose alongside their parents, siblings and young wedding party (on the far left, 3-year-old bridal attendant Grace Van Cutsem was typically contrarian about all the pomp and circumstance). Best man Prince Harry cracks a grin next to the groom, but why was Maid of honor Pippa Middleton banished to the edge of the group?

Below, William and Kate pose for more shots in their first moments as husband and wife.

Tags: Kate Middleton, Prince William, royal wedding

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Saturday 30 April

By cathy

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Camillia should not be in this picture. She was a married woman who was relentless in her persuit of Charles. If not for her Diana and Charles would have been together at their son'e wedding. She is an ugly creep.

By jana

i totally agree with you cathy, i don't think Camilla should be in the picture either. it made me sick when i saw her in it!

By Caroline

I absolutely agree. She mars the entire photograph, that woman who openly cheated with her equally despicable husband. She has created a permanent stain on "Royalty," such as it is. Can't stand the cow.

By Hey Tom

what part do you think Charles play in it ? ....

By Lisa303030

I agree!! Camilla is a COW!!!!

By montana

I agree that she should be ashamed of herself however, that is what happens when someone is "forced" to marry someone they don't love

By rosie

Hate to disagree with you but Charles was clearly in love with Camilla from the get-go. Diana knew it and she should have never married him. But she did. Charles, Camilla and Diana are only humans, with failings we all have as humans. Camilla is now his wife. She is part of the family, like it or not. Diana was no saint either. Time to let it all go. The important thing is, William and Harry have grown into exceptionally fine young men. They loved both of their parents. The family portraits are quite nice but I will never get used to the English women and their hats. Cathy, it is long past the time to get over all the infidelities that Charles, Diana and Camilla admitted to. Sadly Diana did not live to see this day. I think in time she would have matured and wished Charles happiness as if she had lived he would have done the same to her. Being a prince or a princess doesn't guarantee you a fairy tale life. Diana's death was tragic and I am sure a day doesn't go by when her sons think of her and wish she had never met Dodie al Fayed. Sadly no going back and they have all went on with their lives. Much as you may not like it, Camilla is a part of the family.

By Mary

Agreed about Camilla, Sarah should have been invited too, not just her daughters, by the way, where was Prince Andrew, did not see him there.

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you know she is there stepmother dont you...idiot..

By annama1234

I understand your feelings, but don't forget that Charles had never left Camilla when he was with Diana and he was still seeing Camilla from the get go....that was one, if not the main reason Diana and Charles's marriage was rocky. Charles is the creep as well as I believe he only married Diana to have children and for show.

By susan

If the William doesn't object to Camilla being in the picture, then you shouldn't either..Diana has been dead 15 years (?) and Camilla is his stepmother. It seems to me that they (both William and Harry) have a good relationship with Camilla without diminishing their love for their mother and their memories of her. Diana raised them well and they seem very well adjusted and not bitter.

By mlock2354

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Correction Camelias offical nick-name att the palace and in the "firm" from what I have read is "The Ho-rse". Look at the picture close, she is standing as far away as she can from Charles, all is not so happy in the House of Cheaters.

By djk2

You know what.....if William & Kate (& the Queen) hadn't wanted Camilla there they wouldn't have invited her. She IS married to the groom's Father, so she had a right to be there, no matter what anyone thinks. Especially anyone in the USA. In almost every family (even royal ones) there are step-mothers & fathers, divorces, adulterers, cheaters, etc. Get over it.

By DEBBIE

I agree. I have never liked her. Not to crazy about Charles.

By Imaginethat

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Oh pipe down and stop using Camilla as the person everyone most loves to hate! Camilla is married to Charles, period. She is thus mother-in-law to Kate. Princess Diana is dead. Her memory shmemory, she is gone and life is for the living. She had EVERY right to be in the photo. Stop memorializing dead dead Diana. She was no saint and frankly, I am weary after all these years of people keeping her on that pedestal of sainthood. Stop castigating Camilla. Yes, she has her faults. So did Diana. So do we all. Again, life is for the living and Diana is long gone. Time to put aside pettiness and rancor and move on!

By New York

Charles & Camilla should not have been invited. Camilla did not act alone. Both cheaters both dispicable losers.

By cgw

like it or not, she is the legal wife of the Prince of Wales and a member of the royal family

By Suzanne

Cathy, I agree !!!!! She destroyed so many lives !!!!! I really don't think much of her !!!!!

By zozo

Camel doesnt belong there....she belong to Egypt......over there there are lots of her kind...camels.....

By ruth

I agree

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