--- title: Kate Middleton Photobombs Selfie description: Kate Middleton photobombs a fan's selfie. canonical: https://time.com/68074/kate-middleton-photobombs-a-selfie/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-18T15:22:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:55.509Z og:title: Kate Middleton Photobombs a Selfie og:description: A royal flush. og:url: https://time.com/68074/kate-middleton-photobombs-a-selfie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kate Middleton Photobombs a Selfie twitter:description: A royal flush. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kate Middleton Photobombs a Selfie  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 18, 2014 3:22 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 18, 2014 3:22 PM UTC The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton photobombed a fan’s selfie during an April 14 visit to Christchurch, New Zealand, with her husband and the Duke of Cambridge Prince William. The image was reportedly [posted](http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/kate-middleton-photobombed-a-selfie-while-touring-new-zealan) on [Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/231szz/royal%5Fwith%5Fcheese/) via [Imgur](http://imgur.com/AK7HnlF) earlier this week with the caption “Royal with cheese.” A Reddit commenter joked that the royal was “determining whether to high five or fist bump.” In the world of selfies, this photo would be considered a royal flush. **PHOTOS:** [Kate Middleton Makes The Best Faces While Playing Cricket in New Zealand](http://time.com/61766/kate-middleton-cricket-heels-new-zealand/) **PHOTOS:** [Kate Middleton’s Fashion Evolution](http://time.com/53937/kate-middleton-fashion-photos/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/68074/kate-middleton-photobombs-a-selfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/68074/kate-middleton-photobombs-a-selfie/"},"headline":"Kate Middleton Photobombs a Selfie","datePublished":"2014-04-18T15:22:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:55.509Z","description":"Captured during her visit to Christchurch, New Zealand, on Monday.","url":"https://time.com/68074/kate-middleton-photobombs-a-selfie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/68074/kate-middleton-photobombs-a-selfie/","name":"Kate Middleton Photobombs a Selfie"}}]}] ```