Overview

• Josh Shinner released the portrait on May 29, capturing Kate Middleton in a tweed Ralph Lauren jacket, olive-green knit, white Boden broderie shirt and skinny jeans as she strolled through Ardura Community Forest on the Isle of Mull.
• The image was issued as the Princess and Prince William pause royal engagements for their children’s school vacation.
• The portrait accompanies the news that the Royal Horticultural Society named a new rose in Kate Middleton’s honor.
• In the past year, Middleton has spoken of nature as her family’s sanctuary during her cancer recovery, making the sunlit woodland scene particularly resonant.
• Shinner, who also photographed Prince Louis’s seventh-birthday portraits, framed the Princess with her arms crossed to reveal Princess Diana’s engagement ring and a reflective expression.