Romantic rose-toting groom Gerry....

by missbeetle 05.07.14 20:54

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That black bootpolish has given him quite a sinister hairline.

Fairly modest wedding reception going by the chairs at the venue.

My (limited) sense of UK bridal wear fashions of the 1990's would put this frock at early to mid 90s.

by missbeetle 05.07.14 21:10

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As well as a rectangular strip across the forehead, the proud husband of our Dr Kate Healy seems to have developed a wonky right eye.

Mr & Mrs giving us a slow perpetual wink?

by Nina 05.07.14 21:25

j.rob wrote:It's competition time folks! Prize for spotting one obvious difference between top and bottom photo?! (I reaaly must get a life :) )

Certain people have been taking the pee for a very long time methinks...

Kate's earings? Double pearl in the top shot, single in the bottom?

by canada12 05.07.14 22:05

Nina wrote:
j.rob wrote:It's competition time folks! Prize for spotting one obvious difference between top and bottom photo?! (I reaaly must get a life :) )

Certain people have been taking the pee for a very long time methinks...

Kate's earings? Double pearl in the top shot, single in the bottom?

Yup, that's exactly right. Why would that be? Is it a peculiar McCann tradition that earrings don't match at weddings...?

by Guest 05.07.14 22:12

canada12 wrote:
Nina wrote:
j.rob wrote:It's competition time folks! Prize for spotting one obvious difference between top and bottom photo?! (I reaaly must get a life :) )

Certain people have been taking the pee for a very long time methinks...

Kate's earings? Double pearl in the top shot, single in the bottom?

Yup, that's exactly right. Why would that be? Is it a peculiar McCann tradition that earrings don't match at weddings...?

Yes I did notice that (honest!) - is it the light shining on a gold bit at the top on the 'single' one? Or is her hair covering up the top bit of the 'double' one?

ETA: looking at the wedding photo in the bewk (next to p.145) then it is clearly a double pearl on her left hand side, same as the above photos.

I have always had my doubts about the 'wedding' - wld be interesting to do a bit more reseach on it - I know the wedding certificate has been unearthed, and we have the sporran photo in the bewk :bad: but little else and yes. It does have a very scant mention in the text, just a few almost dismissive lines. Not really what you would expect from the someone with KH's apparent tendancies on her big day.

All in my own opinion, nothing stated as fact

by canada12 05.07.14 22:24

BlackCatBoogie wrote:
canada12 wrote:
Nina wrote:
j.rob wrote:It's competition time folks! Prize for spotting one obvious difference between top and bottom photo?! (I reaaly must get a life :) )

Certain people have been taking the pee for a very long time methinks...

Kate's earings? Double pearl in the top shot, single in the bottom?

Yup, that's exactly right. Why would that be? Is it a peculiar McCann tradition that earrings don't match at weddings...?
Yes I did notice that (honest!) - is it the light shining on a gold bit at the top?

ETA: looking at the wedding photo in the bewk (next to p.145) then it looks like a double pearl on her left hand side, same as the above photos.

Difficult to say. Here are enlargements of both earrings. You decide.

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by Miraflores 05.07.14 22:28

One earring broke?

by canada12 05.07.14 22:30

Miraflores wrote:One earring broke?

That would be the most logical conclusion if we're looking for logical answers :-)

by missbeetle 05.07.14 22:36

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What first struck me when I saw this photograph again?

Kate is wearing only one chain, one pendant.

What a meek and sexless grey hoodie she's wearing.

Her neck muscles are a story unto themselves...

by missbeetle 05.07.14 22:54

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Mrs McCann is now sporting two silver chains.

Necessary for the conglomeration of pendants she now wears.

That delicately patterned, 'sensitive man' shirt makes Gerry look even more hungover and cross.

Ps. Check out Gerry's 'Six Million Dollar Man' eye on the previous picture!

by missbeetle 05.07.14 23:07

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Here we have what looks like to be the entire contents of Mrs McCann's jewellery box.

Gerry's hands are doing all the talking for him...

by lj 05.07.14 23:26

missbeetle wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
That black bootpolish has given him quite a sinister hairline.

Fairly modest wedding reception going by the chairs at the venue.

My (limited) sense of UK bridal wear fashions of the 1990's would put this frock at early to mid 90s.

Nothing wrong with a modest reception.

IMO the world could use a bit more modesty period.

by missbeetle 05.07.14 23:43

The officiating priest, the sporty (tennis with Gerry and others) Father Paul Seddon - he was given as a thank you, a set of golf clubs, from St Andrew's, no less...

Quite a statement.

Here's another one :

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(pictured here 18th May, 2007 reading his prepared statement to the press)

The first paragraph :

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What, I wonder, does he mean by "...or anything"?

by MissesWillYa 06.07.14 0:12

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Kate's got the darkest hair I've ever seen her pictured with, at her wedding. Mousy, even.

In the top photograph, her hand seems to be chopped and reattached at the wrist. Strange glassy blurred background at the side edges of the picture.

On the bottom - check out those knuckles!

I think that what looks like a glassy background is actually light reflected off the surface of the photo. They were married in 1998, which was before digital cameras were in use, and they probably had to scan actual photos from their wedding for inclusion in the book. It's possible they even just took photos of the wedding photos and put those in the book. You can see some of the same effect right near Kate's mouth too, sort of going out horizontally over her veil on that side of her head.

by MissesWillYa 06.07.14 0:17

lj wrote:
missbeetle wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
That black bootpolish has given him quite a sinister hairline.

Fairly modest wedding reception going by the chairs at the venue.

My (limited) sense of UK bridal wear fashions of the 1990's would put this frock at early to mid 90s.
Nothing wrong with a modest reception.

IMO the world could use a bit more modesty period.

Agreed...married in 2002 here and my dress was very similar to Kate's.

by ultimaThule 06.07.14 2:23

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What first struck me when I saw this photograph again?

Kate is wearing only one chain, one pendant.

What a meek and sexless grey hoodie she's wearing.

Her neck muscles are a story unto themselves...

It looks to me as if the wee one found time to apply a fresh coat of boot black to his hair prior to making his debut on the world stage, missbeetle.

This was the performance on 4 May 2007 which convinced me that this couple were complicit in the disappearance of their daughter and I've seen no reason to alter my opinion during the intervening years.

by Gaggzy 06.07.14 4:11

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SMITHMAN RELAXES WITH HIS WIFE.

by Guest 06.07.14 8:55

canada12 wrote:
BlackCatBoogie wrote:
canada12 wrote:
Nina wrote:
j.rob wrote:It's competition time folks! Prize for spotting one obvious difference between top and bottom photo?! (I reaaly must get a life :) )

Certain people have been taking the pee for a very long time methinks...

Kate's earings? Double pearl in the top shot, single in the bottom?

Yup, that's exactly right. Why would that be? Is it a peculiar McCann tradition that earrings don't match at weddings...?
Yes I did notice that (honest!) - is it the light shining on a gold bit at the top?

ETA: looking at the wedding photo in the bewk (next to p.145) then it looks like a double pearl on her left hand side, same as the above photos.

Difficult to say. Here are enlargements of both earrings. You decide.

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Thanks for enlarging them Canada. It does look like a reflection in the top photo but not sure of what. The earring in the bottom looks bigger compared to her ear, they don't quite look the same but again that could be the light, defective photo processing etc.

I think the fuzzy patches at the back either side of them is a patterned glass door - the kind you get in bathrooms etc.

Out of all the pictures the wedding photos look the most normal and undoctored to me. But of course this was before MBM.

All in my own opinion, nothing stated as fact.

by missbeetle 06.07.14 21:25

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Yet again, Gerry's crotch is on display...

by missbeetle 06.07.14 23:32

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Not-so-flash gnashers in real life...

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...his right eye sometimes seems to me to lack animation.

I wonder if he has full vision in it.

by j.rob 07.07.14 14:46

Nina wrote:
j.rob wrote:It's competition time folks! Prize for spotting one obvious difference between top and bottom photo?! (I reaaly must get a life :) )

Certain people have been taking the pee for a very long time methinks...

Kate's earings? Double pearl in the top shot, single in the bottom?

Yes!

It's an dad choice of photo to include in the book as it presumably is'nt an 'official' wedding photo judging by the background with harassed waitress etc... Odd. Why not just include an official cheesy one?

by j.rob 07.07.14 15:06

It just doesn't really look like a wedding, IMO. Given that It is a white wedding, judging by Kate's dress, you would expect the one photo chosen for the book to be some kind of 'line up' photo... May be a few with family or best man. They look as though they found themselves transposed into a local dinner/dance in aid of some charity. Or perhaps the annual dinner of some committee/organisation.

by Guest 07.07.14 15:19

j.rob wrote:It just doesn't really look like a wedding, IMO. Given that It is a white wedding, judging by Kate's dress, you would expect the one photo chosen for the book to be some kind of 'line up' photo... May be a few with family or best man. They look as though they found themselves transposed into a local dinner/dance in aid of some charity. Or perhaps the annual dinner of some committee/organisation.

What about it being a communion photo? Of that baby perhaps? Or of KH or GM - do adults do communion?

The younger KH and friend in the photos a few pages back have got veils and white dresses on like bridesmaids -and it is titled communion - aren't they supposed to be brides of christ or summat daft like that. Could it be a RC religious ceremony that they were in or attending?

Sorry don't mean to sound so blase - I have no idea what RC do or celebrate.

All in my own opinion.

by Guest 07.07.14 15:21

BlackCatBoogie wrote:
j.rob wrote:It just doesn't really look like a wedding, IMO. Given that It is a white wedding, judging by Kate's dress, you would expect the one photo chosen for the book to be some kind of 'line up' photo... May be a few with family or best man. They look as though they found themselves transposed into a local dinner/dance in aid of some charity. Or perhaps the annual dinner of some committee/organisation.
What about it being a communion photo? Of that baby perhaps? Or of KH or GM - do adults do communion?

The younger KH and friend in the photos a few pages back have got veils on and it is titled communion - could it be a RC religious ceremony that they were in or attending.

Sorry don't mean to sound so blase - I have no idea what RC do or celebrate.

All in my own opinion.

Probably a fancy dress party big grin

by Guest 07.07.14 15:32

candyfloss wrote:
BlackCatBoogie wrote:
j.rob wrote:It just doesn't really look like a wedding, IMO. Given that It is a white wedding, judging by Kate's dress, you would expect the one photo chosen for the book to be some kind of 'line up' photo... May be a few with family or best man. They look as though they found themselves transposed into a local dinner/dance in aid of some charity. Or perhaps the annual dinner of some committee/organisation.
What about it being a communion photo? Of that baby perhaps? Or of KH or GM - do adults do communion?

The younger KH and friend in the photos a few pages back have got veils on and it is titled communion - could it be a RC religious ceremony that they were in or attending.

Sorry don't mean to sound so blase - I have no idea what RC do or celebrate.

All in my own opinion.

Probably a fancy dress party

probably of the horror theme judging by that sporran big grin

pity we can't see the rest of the people in the photo.

I think you have to cover yourself including your arms for communion, maybe someone will come along and enlighten me later.