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The York family Christmas card 2007

Posted in Duchess of York, Prince Andrew, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Royal Family on December 18th, 2007
By John - leave a comment!

Prince Andrew has decided on a very homely Christmas card this year which includes all members of his less than nuclear family.

Prince Andrew
Eugenie, Andrew and Beatrice on the York’s Christmas card

But where, you might ask, is Mum? Actually, the Duchess took the photo, so modestly remains hidden. Hey, there is a ten second timer on most cameras these days!

And as if one pic was not enough, there’s another on the back.

And still no Fergie. I never knew she was so shy and retiring.

14 Responses to “The York family Christmas card 2007”

  1. What is it about that picture? I know, they could be anybody. In fact, they could be AMERICANS!!! No flack from readers please, I’m an American and I like my royals well, ROYAL.

    By Mary on December 18th, 2007 at 1:59 pm

  2. LOL Mary! My thoughts exactly and I am an American! :-D

    Still - homely or not, it is charming in the way that it shows them to be ordinary people - which is what they are once you strip away the Royal gilt and trimmings.

    It would have been nice to have Sarah in the photo, but I can understand why she isn’t.

    By On the Outside on December 18th, 2007 at 2:02 pm

  3. :) I like the photo! It is a typical family photo because someone in the family, in this case Mom, (Sarah, Duchess of York) is taking the picture! This is why I am in very few photographs, because I am always the one taking the photos! :) Our cameras have timers on them too, but it’s a pain to set up the tripod or to find a level place to put the camera so that everyone is properly within the focus frame.

    By Gigi on December 18th, 2007 at 5:20 pm

  4. I’m sorry to disagree with everyone, but I think the picture looks like the three of them cramed into one of those commercial photo booths. It’s somewhat out of focus and not very appealing for a Christmas card. :(

    By Arthur on December 18th, 2007 at 5:32 pm

  5. [...] The York family Christmas card 2007 [...]

    By Photo Christmas Cards on December 18th, 2007 at 6:48 pm

  6. Bah, I bet their publicists carefully staged this to look like a commoner photo.

    By ClassyCanuck on December 18th, 2007 at 6:54 pm

  7. Well., Arthur, I seriously doubt that commerical photo booths have silk taffeta draperies as a backdrop, which is what we are seeing in the background of that photo.

    I also think that if publicists were going to stage a photo, they would at least try for a more pleasing composition shot. This just looks to me like a photo someone’s Mom took on the spur of the moment. Merely my opinion, of course.

    By Gigi on December 18th, 2007 at 8:03 pm

  8. That photograph of Andrew surprised me. The grey hair really shocked me. It’s been quite a while since I have seen one of him and I guess I always think of him as ‘Randy Andy’ from the 80’s or perhaps its because the Duchess never seems to age thanks to her cosmetic surgeon.…lol

    By Ash on December 18th, 2007 at 11:47 pm

  9. Hmm, the colour balance is all wrong too. However, the informality of it is appealing, even if the second snap went out of focus as everyone moved.

    By John on December 19th, 2007 at 9:30 am

  10. That’s what they want you to think, Gigi: spur of the moment!

    By ClassyCanuck on December 19th, 2007 at 7:33 pm

  11. ClassyCanuck, would they really go to all that trouble to manipulate the public over the perceived informality of a Christmas card photograph of Prince Andrew and his daughters? If so, these people need to rethink their entire life focus! :)

    By Gigi on December 19th, 2007 at 11:40 pm

  12. I looked at this from the standpoint of who Prince Andrew’s audience is i.e. those to whom he’s sending photo-adorned Christmas cards. To that end, I think this is an unusual choice, as there must be all types of royals and aristocrats who are on the receiving end of this photo. I would have imagined something a little more sophisticated but to each his own, I guess.

    I like the picture as a casual snapshot and think it has its charm. I’m just surprised it’s on the Christmas cards. Including the second photo on the flip side of the card is a bit of overkill though.

    My card must be lost in the mail. Drats. :)

    By Melissa on December 19th, 2007 at 11:59 pm

  13. Agreed. If you’re a family comprising a Prince, a Duke, a Duchess and two Princesses, it smacks a little bit of inverted snobbery to try to appear so normal. Somewhere in between that and total formality would be better, I think.

    But each to his own. :)

    By John on December 20th, 2007 at 10:47 am

  14. has anyone noticed the prince andrew/tony blair resemblance?

    By Kit on December 28th, 2007 at 8:30 pm

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