Real reason Princess Kate took Prince George’s picture in black and white revealed

The new photograph of Prince George taken by his mother to mark his 11th birthday is in black and white for a very important reason.

Former commissioned royal photographer Ian Pelham-Turner says black and white photography is Princess Kate’s favourite way of doing things because it’s trendy and stylish

The chosen medium is favoured by Kate, who trained in photography at Kensington and Chelsea Art College, because of its starkness in contrast to colour photographs, explains Ian.

He reveals to Express.co.uk that the princess is following in other royal photographer’s footsteps by shooting her family pictures in black and white to produce nostalgic and “symbolic” imagery which “keeps the Royal Family in the public eye.”

Ian explains: “She obviously loves taking photographs – it’s one of her biggest hobbies. She is a good photographer she’s created some very interesting images in the past.

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“The reality is she likes creating imagery that is – with black and white it’s a lot starker. It’s a much more focused image.

“Sometimes colour can take away from the distant aspects of the shot. With black and white it’s something that is symbolic of showing the royal family. Just a straight image of them without any distraction of colour.

“When you go through that type of college training they normally use film cameras to start off with and then they go to black and white. So for her having a black and white image is just something that’s quite trendy for her. The idea is to produce an image that is quite stylish.

“The black and white photograph has a look of the former queen on the image as well so again it might be nostalgia why it’s done in black and white at the same time.”

The sweet picture was posted on the Wales’ social media accounts on Monday morning with the message: “Wishing Prince George a very happy 11th birthday today!”