The Queen got an official portrait because her birthday celebrations were ending
LONDON -- For many of us, the end of our birthday celebrations is heralded the moment the party ends and we have to clean up and deal with the inevitable champagne-induced hangover.
But, if you're Queen Elizabeth II, you don't have to worry about any of that. Except, perhaps, for the hangover.
No, the Queen instead got a special portrait with her son Prince Charles to signal the end of her 90th birthday festivities.
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It's the picture of mother-son tenderness; the current monarch with the heir apparent.
But some people looking at the photo for the very first time didn't put two and two together.
Some mistook Prince Charles for his dad, Prince Philip. Awkward.
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While others would have preferred Prince Philip over Prince Charles...
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Others, however, were more interested in the touching family photograph.
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Regardless of who's in the photo, it's not every day you turn 90.
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
