Wills and Harry
I stand by my assertion when that it may well be the Wills and Harry Photo of the Year. We have LOTS of other ones to look at, though. Get ready. Pour a G&T and join me. Yes, I know it's early. But do you REALLY think you're going to get any work done today?
Prince Harry and William Play Polo
It's apt that Harry wears #2 on his polo jersey, as he is the spare (not emotionally, Harry, never emotionally). It's also nice of William NOT to wear #1, as that might be too obvious.
Prince Harry
It seems I spent a lot of this year showing you pictures of people's butts in white polo pants. AND I REGRET NOTHING.
Prince Harry
There was literally no way that I was going to allow this holiday season of blessing and gifts to pass without re-posting this photo.
Kate, Wills, and George (and William's Horse)
In which Kate is wearing her favorite shirt. (And Wills is wearing his favorite belt. He loves that belt.) I enjoy that something about the composition of this photo makes it look like Kate's having a chat with the horse.
Kate and George
This child has spent all year being like, "LET ME GO PLEASE, I HAVE PLACES TO GO THANK YOU VERY MUCH."
Prince Harry
Then there was that time that the nice people in Oman gave Harry a sword. (The royals get a lot of violent gifts. Remember when William got a spear?)
Wills and Kate and a spear
REMEMBER?
Prince Harry
Remember when Harry went to hang out with British troops in Kandahar for Remembrance Sunday and we cast this movie with Bradley Cooper and Liam Hemsworth, and it was really swoony and sad and satisfying?
Two Ginger Spices
Ginger Spice and Ginger Spice, together again. I feel like this could end in scandal and recriminations.
Prince Harry
Do NOT let Harry do your retirement planning.
Prince Harry
I still want to know what this girl said to him, because it was clearly cheeky, and I'm sure we'd all approve.
Prince Harry
Thumbs up!
Prince Harry and Zara
Next year, I hope we see the choreographed routine he's clearly been working on.
Prince Harry and Edwina
Oh, Edwina. We had such high hopes. #NeverForget. 2015 could still be your year!
Prince Harry
I shall also never forget these jeans.
Prince Harry
HELLO.
Prince Harry
Let us celebrate a formal event that doesn't require a yellow waistcoat.
Prince Harry
Harry's trip to Chile this year was perhaps not the MOST dignified event.
Harry and Cressida
Hey, remember Cressida? (The brothers Wales have an attraction to women with good hair. Presumably to even the genetic scales for their children.)
Prince Harry
Perk up, Buttercup. You'll meet a nice girl eventually.
The Abs of Prince Harry
While you wait, why don't you just keep doing things like this?
Prince Harry
EXACTLY.
Prince Harry
And there are always pygmy albino hedgehogs to cuddle...
THE GOAT
....goats to love!
Prince Harry and Sheep
Sheep to speak with!
Prince William
William is, if I may be so bold, super hot when he's wearing a hat.
Prince William
When I ran this photo the first time, I believe I said that if I were Kate, I'd make him wear this around the house and I stand by that.
Wills and Kate in New York
So does she, I think.
Kate in Sunglasses
Everyone DOES look hotter in sunglasses.
Wills and Kate at Wimbledon
And now we're all reminded that I cannot resist these two at sporting events.
Wills and Kate at Wimbledon
It's just that their facial expressions speak to me as a fellow sports fan. They're VERY realistic.
Wills and Kate at Wimbledon
This is such a joyous moment of SUCK IT!
Wills and Kate in NYC
And "THAT was a FOUL!"
Kate
"No, it really was the most flagrant foul. I don't like seeing people treating my friend LeBron like that."
The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Welcome The President Of Singapore
My true love is the McQueen Coat. Not this one specifically. The UNIVERSAL McQueen Coat. Or maybe one that you'll see later in this slideshow. ANTICIPATION.
Kate and a WINDOW
I also enjoy all Wistful Gazing Out of Carriage Windows. It always looks romantic, even if what the Gazer in Question is actually thinking is, "I'd stab William with a hat pin for a burrito right now."
Wills and Kate in NYC
Coats! This year had SO many of them. SO MANY COATS.
Wills and Kate in NYC
MORE COATS!
HAND CLUTCHING
If this is hand-CLUTCHING....
Kate and Wills
...that's actual holding.
Wills and Kate
I want to hold hands with that coat. Both coats. All coats. (THIS is my actual favorite coat and perhaps why I accidentally bought a dress AND pants AND a scarf in black watch tartan. When I wear them all together, everyone leaves me alone, so that's nice.)
Wills and Kate
It appears this is the Cozy Hand-Holding Section of this slideshow.
Wills and Kate
Also the These Credentials Are Secretly A Dangerous Choking Hazard section.
This is quite cheeky
Rumor has it that JOHNNY DEPP bought this when it finally did go for sale. I have such weird feelings about that. (As, I assume, does Kate, potentially.) #NoDisrespectToDepp
Prince William and Bandypants Cumberflarg
"I don't know WHY he bought it, Binderclips! Why does Johnny Depp do anything?!"
Wills and Harry
Lo, but I miss The Beard of Christmas Past. I want them BOTH to show up Bearded this Christmas. Nay, of all of them. EVERYONE IN BEARDS.
Prince William
Down the hatch, Wills! (Along with revealing plaques via tiny tiny curtains, Royal Duties appear to involve a lot of Ceremonial Boozing.)
Candy Cambridges
I assume this hangs in Kate's bathroom, over the magical potions she uses to make her hair do that thing that it does.
Becks and Wills
"This guy. THIS is the GUY." (Becks is like, "I kind of AM the guy.")
Prince William
It's possible that my favorite thing about this photo from this year's Order of the Garter ceremony is Sophie's crazy Boa Neckpiece, floating gently behind William's head. She seems to be mediating about it. (We'll get to more Sophie and the rest of the Brits later today.)
Wills and Kate and Harry
BOTH OF YOU, don't EVER, EVER wear those pants again. NOT EVER. You'd have been better off in cycling singlets.
Prince William in his wetsuit.
I assume this is the photo on the front of the Cambridges' Christmas card?
Prince William
This is the time Wills secretly delighted in patting a statute of a famous cat.
Cambridge Family Portrait Numero Uno
I love this shot. It's so INSTAGRAM-Y and look at that baby and that dog.
Cambridge Family Portrait Numero Dos
This is the one where the Palace released a statement assuring us that no butterflies were harmed in the making of the photo, despite the fact that George clearly wants to EAT THAT BUG PLEASE. (I also like the drool on Kate's shoulder.)
PRINCE GEORGE
Get ready to coo over how much someone's grown.
GEORGE!
Look how much he's grown!
Kate
This is where I remind you that, when this happened originally, I put on these wedges and tried to jump over a giant Crate and Barrel candle to see how tough it was. (TOUGH.)
William, Kate & Prince Harry Visit Tower Of London's Ceramic Poppy Field
That dress was repeated (I think) when they all went out to see the poppies at the Tower, which I am very sorry I never got to see in person, because they were so stunning.
Wills and Kate
It was a year full of pointing.
British Royals visit the Commonwealth Games Village
And some gloating.
The Duke Of Cambridge Opens The Dickson Poon University Of Oxford China Centre Building
And blazer buttoning and unbuttoning.
Wills and Harry
And boyish rough-housing.
Harry and Kate and Wills
And lengthy discussion about what might be wrong with Harry and if it needs to be cured or encouraged.
Kate Pets a Dog
Beautiful ceremonial dogs were pet.
Kate and JOAN COLLINS
JOAN COLLINS (and Richard E Grant ) showed up and she looked AMAZING. I really hope she was giving Kate advice on when to pull out the festive holiday fur turban. (This week. This is the week.)
Pillbox Hats and GEORGE
I feel like the Festive Pillbox is the distant cousin to the fur turban. We will get there eventually.
George!
I also approve of these cheeks.
Yachting Success
And of besting your spouse in a yacht race (even if he is second in line to the throne. TOO BAD. WHO CARES. BOAT FASTER, THEN.)
Wills in his Cap
I also approve of William wearing a baseball cap as often as possible.
Kate Plays Cricket
Wait, I hope THIS is their holiday card.
Wills and Kate and George
This is actually probably their real holiday card. (It IS on their piano. I bet. I'd bet A LOT.)
George and Kate
This photo is on MY piano.
Wills and Kate
Get in the plane, Kate!
Kate and a Plane
"I only get in the most modern of planes, thank you very much."
Wills and Kate and these CUTE TWINS
I love this coat, but what I really love are these twins watering this tree. I LOVE THEM.
GEORGE
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO LEVITATE NOW DADDY. LEVITATION. NOW. STOP INSISTING THAT I HIDE MY MAGIC FROM THE MUGGLES. THANK YOU.
A Plethora of Cambridges
This is a very squirmy child.
Wills and George
George IS TOTALLY OVER AIR TRAVEL, despite the fact that no one makes him remove HIS shoes.
Wills and Kate and George
SITTING STILL ON AN AEROPLACE IS SO BORING MOTHER. IT'S SO SO BORING. I DON'T THINK YOU REALIZE HOW BORING IT IS FOR ME SO PLEASE WHY DON'T WE JUST STAND OVER THERE INSTEAD? THANK YOU.
Wills and George
In case you forgot that William strongly resembles his mother.
Wills and Kate in Australia
Hideous surroundings.
Wills and Kate
Just unbearably unphotogenic.
Kate and my one dress love: that dress
This is going to be the traditional slide in which I give a round of applause to all the photographers who ran around after the royals all over the world this year. They turned out some extremely good work, and I appreciate them. And also this dress.
LIVESTOCK
If only they'd thought to bring this home for Harry
Kate
Speaking of great pictures. How INSANE is this? This has to be so, so surreal for her when she stops to think about it.
Wills and Kate and a Koala
That koala is totally unimpressed.
Wills and George
I could look at pictures of this child being squirmy and imperious at the zoo all day.
Kate and George
And ergo so will you. Never has a face been SO AGGRIEVED by the simple fact that his mother will not let him run free around a public zoo full of curious tall strangers.
Kate and George
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT I SIMPLY WOULD LIKE TO RUN THROUGH THE WILD ANIMALS PLEASE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY NO ONE SEEMS TO THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS TOTALLY REASONABLE SUGGESTION.
Wills and George
Aw.
Kate the Gourd
And then a gourd dressed like Kate showed up. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO US ALL.