{"id":202080,"date":"2025-12-20T15:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T15:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/202080\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T15:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T15:07:08","slug":"prince-william-makes-nod-to-title-in-family-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/202080\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William makes nod to title in family photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Christmas card of the Prince and Princess of Wales this year<br \/>\ncontains a special nod to their royal roles, hidden in plain<br \/>\nsight.<\/p>\n<p>The portrait on the card shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSZlrQSDWaF\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">William and Kate<\/a> with their three children sitting<br \/>\nin field that has just come into bloom with a flower that marks the<br \/>\nstart of spring but has a particular resonance for the Wales<br \/>\nfamily.<\/p>\n<p>For all five are surrounded by daffodils, the flower of<br \/>\nWales.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a quiet acknowledgement of their links to a country that<br \/>\nhas meant a huge amount to the Prince and Princess of Wales since<br \/>\nthe earliest days of their marriage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IIM-25761-0041-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208187\"  data-\/>The Princess of Wales wore a<br \/>\nlarge daffodil on her visit to the country ahead of St. David\u2019s<br \/>\nDay<br \/>(i-Images \/ Pool)<\/p>\n<p>William and Kate spent several years living in Anglesey<br \/>\nfollowing their 2011 wedding and enjoyed some of baby Prince<br \/>\nGeorge\u2019s earliest months in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The couple have often spoken of their fondness for Wales and<br \/>\ntook Prince George and Princess Charlotte there on one of their<br \/>\nearliest engagements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/royalcentral.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-william-sas-role-215983\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nPrince William<\/a> was made Prince of Wales on September 9 2022 by<br \/>\nKing Charles in one of the first acts of his new reign.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Prince and Princess of Wales have made<br \/>\ncontinuous visits to the country, the latest coming a fortnight ago<br \/>\nwhen William was in Newport to celebrate the country\u2019s business<br \/>\ncommunity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Charlotte-and-George-733x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177664\"  data-\/>George and Charlotte visited<br \/>\nCardiff Castle on one of their earliest engagements in 2022<br \/>(Stephen Lock\/ i-Images)<\/p>\n<p>The daffodil has become the national flower of Wales as it<br \/>\nblooms around March 1 which is St. David\u2019s Day and the country\u2019s<br \/>\nnational day. It\u2019s also seen as a symbol of new life and hope and<br \/>\nit was promoted as a symbol by David Lloyd George, one of the most<br \/>\nfamous politicians of the early 20th century, who was fiercely<br \/>\nproud of his home country of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The title of Prince of Wales has been given to the heir to the<br \/>\nthrone of England (later the British throne) since the 14th<br \/>\ncentury. The first monarch to bestow it on their heir was King<br \/>\nEdward I who made his eldest surviving son, Edward, the Prince of<br \/>\nWales in 1301. It was seen as a symbol of Edward I\u2019s power as he<br \/>\ncompleted his conquest of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The next monarch to give the title to his heir was King Edward<br \/>\nIII who took the throne in 1327. Since then, the title has been<br \/>\ncreated for many heirs to the throne. It always merges with the<br \/>\nCrown when the holder becomes monarch and it is up to the new king<br \/>\nor queen to decide whether to create it again for their own<br \/>\nheir.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s become one of the most famous titles in royal history but<br \/>\nit has some quirks. It\u2019s never been created for a female heir \u2013<br \/>\nElizabeth II never held the title of Princess of Wales. And it is<br \/>\nnever created for anyone other than the direct heir to the<br \/>\nthrone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Charles-and-Camilla-in-Rome-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles and Queen Camilla walk in a garden in Rome\" class=\"wp-image-209219\"  data-\/>The King and Queen chose a<br \/>\nphoto taken in Rome for their wedding anniversary for their<br \/>\nChristmas card<br \/>(Chris Getty\/ Buckingham Palace)<\/p>\n<p>William and Kate chose to follow King Charles and Queen Camilla<br \/>\nby selecting a spring image for their Christmas card. The King and<br \/>\nQueen used a portrait taken of them in April as they marked their<br \/>\ntwentieth wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The photo of the Wales family was taken by Josh Shinner who also<br \/>\ncaptured the birthday images of Prince George and Princess Louis<br \/>\nwhich were released by the royals this year. Princess Charlotte\u2019s<br \/>\nbirthday portrait was taken by her mum, Kate.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Family will gather at Sandringham to celebrate<br \/>\nChristmas together and it\u2019s expected that King Charles will be<br \/>\njoined by Prince William on the walk to church on Christmas<br \/>\nmorning.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Christmas card of the Prince and Princess of Wales this year contains a special nod to their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-202080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}