--Previous Message-- [snip] : Princess Charlène could have set one : monumental photoshoot and for once and for : all frame her as Son Altesse Sérénissime la : Princesse de Monaco, Marquise de Baux . She : could have done so by wearing historic : jewels which were worn by generations of : monegasque royal ladies, by wearing her : country's highest Order, by appearing : stately and regal in the pictures, : preferably again referring to the 700 years : of her House's rule (posing near an old : painting, near the throne, at the marble : steps of the cour d'honneur of the palais : princier, whatever). [snip]
What you suggest here might work as an official or state portrait, together with - or alongside a similar portrait of - her husband. And of course, if such a photo existed, one could use it in the context of an article apparently intended to draw an intimate portrait of someone in order to emphasize the gap between public role and private person. But to stage such a photo for an article would have been utterly ridiculous!
Thank you, Beth, for your pictures from past decades. Let me add a more recent example:
I honestly can't see much of a difference in the style of the photos above!
Two more here (and don't tell me Caroline can pull of what Charlene can't!):
: Nothing of all this. All pictures show a : lady in all sorts of modelling poses, with : expressions implicating seduction and not : even a historic jewel but the Océan Diadem : which has, despite the big name (Van Cleef : & Arpels) a quite nouveau riche look, I : have to say. Charlène stood before a wide : open goal and she missed the easy shot, : totally. : : : :