Showbiz | Celebrity News I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . A new portrait honouring the courage and dignity of the Princess of Wales is to feature on the cover of Tatler magazine.
The painting by British-Zambian artist Hannah Uzor took inspiration from Kate’s cancer diagnosis video message to the nation. The image also captures the princess at the first state banquet of the King’s reign. She is shown composed, standing and facing forwards in a regal, caped white Jenny Packham floor-length evening dress with sparkling detail on the shoulders, and her go-to tiara, the Lover’s Knot.
She wore the ensemble to the South African state banquet at Buckingham Palace in November 2022. Her image is set against a green-blue background – a nod to Kate’s eye colour and the experience of being in a garden and on water, reflecting the princess’s love of rowing, the artist said. Asked whether the princess’s recent cancer diagnosis video gave her a new perspective, Uzor said: “Without a doubt.
All my portraits are made up of layers of a personality, constructed from everything I can find about them.” The public address showed “a moment of dealing with something difficult, speaking from the heart, having the courage to tackle it head-on,” she said. The artist expressed her admiration for the princess, who has stepped away from the public spotlight while she undergoes chemotherapy treatment.
“She has.
