From our correspondent in Edinburgh – «Happy birthday Papa, we all love you so much!», signed Cx. That is Catherine, Cate and the x to say love. And the photo that accompanies the happy birthday message for 42 years of Prince William on social media it is a great leap onto the sand dunes of Norfolk, a retreat for the princes who take refuge here in the intimacy of Amner Hall. Their country residence.
A choral leap that portrays both William’s birthday today and also his three children George, Charlotte and Louis.
A leap that is a promise of newfound happinessof energy and desire for the future. The Princes of Wales after the atrocious start of 2024 with the princess’s hospitalization and then cancer, they now want to throw their hearts over the obstacle, go back to planning and looking to the future.
A leap – the one immortalized by the photo entrusted to social media – which recalls the energetic momentum of the «Jumps» series, shot by photographer Philippe Halsman who in the 1950s took portraits of princesses and divas capturing them right at the moment of the jump. A series that has become famous and has immortalized in addition to Princess Grace, Marilyn Monroe and Eleanor Roosevelt but also the future president Richard Nixon.
Halsman was convinced that the moment of the leap allowed the protagonists of his portraits to break barriers and show your feelings. Well, if Halsman was right, William’s leap with his three children conveys the portrait of a family that is finally finding serenity again.
