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With her piercing hazel-green eyes, the Princess of Wales is depicted here in 2054 as a gracefully aged Queen Mother.
It is one of a set of intriguing images created to show what the Royal Family might look like in the future, produced by French journalists at Paris Match using artificial intelligence.
Over eight pages, the weekly magazine speculates in jaundiced Gallic style on the coming decades, imagining Prince William will have become king but then abdicated in 2049 to make way for his eldest son George.
According to the crystal ball-gazing French – who got rid of their own monarchy in 1792 via the guillotine – King George VII is crowned in 2050, making Kate the new Queen Mother.
With her piercing hazel-green eyes, the Princess of Wales is depicted here in 2054 as a gracefully aged Queen Mother
It is one of a set of intriguing images created to show what the Royal Family might look like in the future, produced by French journalists at Paris Match using artificial intelligence. Pictured: The Princess of Wales in 2022
Over eight pages, the weekly magazine speculates in jaundiced Gallic style on the coming decades, imagining Prince William will have become king but then abdicated in 2049 to make way for his eldest son George. Pictured: An AI created image of Prince George as King
According to the crystal ball-gazing French – who got rid of their own monarchy in 1792 via the guillotine – King George VII is crowned in 2050, making Kate the new Queen Mother. Pictured: Prince George and William
In Paris Match’s vision, as shown in the top left image here, George’s coronation is a particularly sumptuous occasion, feeding a demand for more ermine, tiaras and carriages by a public ‘addicted to historical fiction broadcast on Netflix’.
Conjuring up royal life in that year, the magazine’s Pierrick Geais writes: ‘The bagpipes no longer resonate every morning under the windows of Buckingham Palace.
‘The centuries-old tradition – so dear to Elizabeth II – did not survive Charles III. In his bed, George VII painfully opens his eyes to the first vibrations of his iPhone, the 45th of the name.
‘Barely awake, not yet having his hair done, the king is called to order by imperious notifications: ‘It is time, my lord, to publish the first selfie of the day.’
The Duke of Sussex is shown with more hair than he actually has now, albeit grey, in the AI-generated image that appears to have incorporated elements of his father’s features
It is imagined that he spends his days tending the gardens of Highgrove House in Gloucestershire. Pictured: Prince Harry last year
‘From now on, the sovereign must document his day, hour by hour, on social networks to satisfy his followers… well, his subjects.’
Meanwhile, Prince Harry is imagined as being back home in the UK after being dumped by Meghan – who has divorced him to marry a senator who becomes US president.
The Duke of Sussex is shown with more hair than he actually has now, albeit grey, in the AI-generated image that appears to have incorporated elements of his father’s features.
It is imagined that he spends his days tending the gardens of Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.
Pictured: An AI created image of a much older Prince William (left) speaking with Prince George (right)
In 2046, it has Princess Charlotte marrying ‘Prince’ Gaston Louis Antoine Marie d’Orleans – born in 2009 and, in the eyes of the small band of French ‘Orleanist’ royalists, the rightful heir to their throne as a descendent of Louis-Philippe I. Pictured: Prince George in 2022
Ever unforgiving about Brexit, the cynical French view of the future sees the UK break into its separate nations, leaving England alone – and with tiny Tuvalu in the Pacific the sole Commonwealth country retaining the monarch as head of state.
Perhaps indulging in a little wishful thinking, the magazine also speculates about restoring France’s own long-lost links to royalty.
In 2046, it has Princess Charlotte marrying ‘Prince’ Gaston Louis Antoine Marie d’Orleans – born in 2009 and, in the eyes of the small band of French ‘Orleanist’ royalists, the rightful heir to their throne as a descendent of Louis-Philippe I.
This, Paris Match suggests, means the French and English crowns could be united after long centuries of division.
The Royal Family did not respond to a request for comment.
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