Harry, William Get First Double-Portrait

Princes will be on display at the UK's National Portrait Gallery
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 6, 2010 11:57 AM CST
Harry, William Get First Double-Portrait
A staff member removes a screen to unveil a new portrait by artist Nicky Philipps of Britain's princes William, right, and Harry.   (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Britain's favorite princes have their first double-portrait. The two sat for artist Nicky Philipps in the work commissioned by the UK's National Portrait Gallery. Philipps says she tried to fuse their royal duties with their relaxed friendship as brothers. “I worked out the pose I wanted for William,” Philipps tells the London Times. “He has got a lovely high cheekbone there. He gets his cheekbones from his mother—that dent is terribly her." (More Prince William stories.)

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