American kids recreate royal wedding for photoshoot
NEW YORK: Living the fantasy of Britain’s royal wedding, American kids dressed up as Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, for a photoshoot on a budget and schedule that wedding planners can only dream of.
Photographer Tricia Messeroux has been capturing children in red carpet looks from the Oscars, Grammy and Golden Globe award ceremonies, and blockbuster movies ever since her idea of dressing up her daughter as a celebrity in 2008 gave birth to Toddlewood Studio in Baldwin, New York.
The biggest wedding of the year inspired her to recreate the cast, including Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, bishop Michael Bruce Curry and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
As the bride, seven-year-old Naiyah Otero wore a version of Meghan’s Givenchy bridal gown as interpreted by Esaie Couture.
“I think she’s pretty and it’s an honour to marry Prince Harry and dress up as her,” Naiyah said at the photoshoot on Tuesday.
Andrew Robert Joy, six, embodied bearded Prince Harry with the help of eyebrow pencil on his smooth jawline that matched his closecropped red hair.
Messeroux and her team gave themselves only 48 hours to mimic the looks and set design for her big annual project.
“We spent all night creating this flower wall as best as we possibly could,” she said.
“And the gown for the priest, I literally glued that myself.” — Reuters