''The NATO leaders photo showed Queen Elizabeth, heaven help her, being squashed by two men sitting with their legs apart.'' Not the official one, which was a perfect study of rictus smiles. He's got his elbows in, mainly to accommodate the monarch but also her heir apparent on his other side. Unofficial behaviour, then, is far more interesting than the image our higher-ups are desperate to project. Despite teeth that are the joy of cartoonists, who make a living by exaggerating physical traits, our prime minister projects a warmth that leaps from all her media images, still or moving.

Source: Stuff December 20, 2019 21:00 UTC