A new portrait of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, by a British Zambian artist has elicited extreme dissatisfaction. It comes just one week after a portrait of King Charles III was unveiled at Buckingham Palace and received mixed reviews. Catherine's was not an official portrait, and was revealed on the cover of Tatler magazine's July issue. It depicts the princess in a white gown adorned with a yellow brooch and blue sash. She wears an ornate tiara on her head.
The artist, Hannah Uzor, told Tatler that she 'spent a lot of time looking at , looking at her pictures, watching videos of her, seeing her with her family, seeing her in diplomatic visits, seeing her when she's rowing or visiting children in a hospice.' 'It's been really interesting for me to get a sense of who she is,' Uzor continued. 'The process for painting this portrait, apart from studying the photographs and the videos, is actually coming up with a sketch.