Prince William on the cover of Hello! magazine with darker, fuller hair.
For those of you out there who think it is only women who get heavily Shopped on magazine covers, I give you one of the dudes. (And a Royal Dude at that!) It seems Hello! magazine thought Prince William would look better with fuller, darker hair. (I am ashamed to admit I agree with them – he looks HAWT!) Anyway, the photo was from a shoot with photographer Jeff Hubbard (the first member of the public to take an official portrait of Prince William), and the photo rights were sold to Hello! to benefit charity.
I don’t know if the Shopping was done by the photographer or the magazine, but Hello! is giving the standard line every fashion/entertainment mag on the planet uses – they say on their site: “Lighting and digital touching have all played their part which is standard practice with a piece of artwork as opposed to natural photography.”
Translation: The Prince got the Royal Treatment.
And if you want to make the argument that no one did any Shopping to Prince William at all you can see what he looked like in this video that was taken during the photo shoot. In it you will see his regular dirty blond locks (or – uh – lack thereof) as well as what some of the test shots looked like and the type of lighting they used. It is amazing what a little artificial illumination and Photoshop will do.
Related articles…
Prince William Hello! photos taken by former drug addict Jeff Hubbard [Telegraph.co.uk]
Prince William’s thinning hair gets the airbrush treatment for cover of Hello! [NY Daily News]
Wills, the black (haired) prince… and his rather suspicious hairstyle [Daily Mail]
HELLO! royal exclusive sparks debate over Prince William’s crowning glory [Hello!]
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