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Prince William, Princess Kate delight Britons with unexpected news<\/p>\n
The Prince and Princess of Wales, who have been ranked as the most beloved royals by the public via multiple polls this year, made a decision about a key piece of history.<\/p>\n
Prince William and Kate, when they were, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge before the ascension of King Charles, were captured in a stunning portrait, commissioned in 2021 by the Cambridgeshire Royal Portrait Fund. It was held by the Cambridge Community Foundation.<\/p>\n
The painting, created by artist Jamie Coreth, was the first official joint portrait of the couple, which was first displayed at the Fitzwilliam Museum and other community spaces.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Julie Spence, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, revealed via social media that the portrait has found its permanent home in Cambridgeshire\u2019s cathedral city.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur fabulous portrait of The Prince and Princess of Wales as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge @KensingtonRoyal will now be on display @pborocathedral so it is easily accessible for our residents and visitors in the north of the county and they can enjoy it,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
The portrait, which was first unveiled in June 2022, will now be based in Peterborough Cathedral. It was created as a gift to the people of the county at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.<\/p>\n
At the time, the artist reflected on the piece, sharing that he wanted to show William and Kate \u201cin a manner where they appeared both relaxed and approachable, as well as elegant and dignified\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William, Princess Kate delight Britons with unexpected news The Prince and Princess of Wales, who have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-467952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115303550073969758","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}