<p><table class="image-container" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/50f005a269bedd2a4700000d-620-387/duchessportrait_2449085b.jpeg" border="0" /></div><p class="source">Paul Emsley/UK</p></td></tr></table></p>
<p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9795229/Kate-Middleton-portrait-unveiled.html">The Telegraph reports</a> that Prince William described it as "<span>absolutely beautiful” and Middleton said it was "amazing" and  "brilliant," but netizens had a different reaction.</span></p>
<p><span>Here's Amanda Drury of CNBC:</span></p>
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<p>Official portrait of Duchess Kate revealed <a href="http://t.co/IDnW1Gfz" title="http://on.today.com/SofKfU">on.today.com/SofKfU</a>What do u think? Ghostly comes to mind.. and that's the polite word</p>
— Amanda Drury (@MandyCNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MandyCNBC/status/289706383153168384" data-datetime="2013-01-11T12:12:38+00:00">January 11, 2013</a></blockquote>
<p>Her comment was <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=kate%20middleton%20portrait&amp;src=typd">echoed by many online</a>. A different Telegraph report calls it "<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9795705/Kate-Middleton-portrait-unveiled.html">an aesthetic disaster</a>.<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em;">"</span></p>
<p><span>For those interested, here's how the portrait was made:<br /></span></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kMwS49HTxHY"></iframe></blockquote>

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The First Official Portrait Of Kate Middleton Is ... Interesting

Paul Emsley/UK The Telegraph reports that Prince William described it as "absolutely beautiful” and Middleton said it was "amazing" and "brilliant," but netizens had a different reaction. Here's Amanda Drury of CNBC: Official portrait of Duchess Kate revealed on.today.com/SofKfUWhat do u think? Ghostly comes to mind.. and that's the polite word — Amanda Drury (@MandyCNBC) January 11, 2013 Her comment was echoed by many online. A different Telegraph report calls it "an aesthetic disaster." For those interested, here's how the portrait was made:

Paul Emsley/UK
The Telegraph reports that Prince William described it as "absolutely beautiful” and Middleton said it was "amazing" and  "brilliant," but netizens had a different reaction. Here's Amanda Drury of CNBC:

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The First Official Portrait Of Kate Middleton Is ... Interesting

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