It was always going to be an iconic moment – the first public post-wedding kiss between Prince William and his blushing bride, Kate Middleton – but somehow this classic Royal Wedding image is made even more memorable by the blonde-haired tot in the far left hand corner.
The baby bridesmaid with hands clamped firmly over her ears and a fretful frown notched across her brow is Grace van Cutsem, the 3-year-old god-daughter of Prince William, and an internet-meme in the making.
Like a high-class infant photo-bomber, little Gracie has managed to spoil enhance a historic image with unexpected panache.
The poor mite seemed pretty unhappy with the level of noise going on, initially the result of lots of raucous cheering from the crowds as Wills executed his long-awaited smooch with the new Duchess of Cambridge.
As if that wasn’t enough, there followed an eardrum-shaking fly-over by World War II era planes 
- including a Spitfire, Hurricane and a Lancaster – which did not appear to improve Grace’s mood – see photo no.2.
Perhaps she is simply getting tired of the whole rigmarole of being a bridesmaid, for she is clearly a flowergirl-of-choice when it comes to a certain kind of wedding – see here and here for two previous engagements.
Here’s hoping that in the formal photographic mementoes of the day, the adorably pouting Ms Grace is not cropped out.
Great post! Am yet to watch the royal wedding but Grace has definitely brought a dimension of reality to the fairytale. Quite amusing.