'How this simple Christmas Day photo of William, Kate, Meghan and Harry earned me over £40K'
striding towards me, smiling and waving as they arrived for the Christmas Day service with the rest of the royal family.I’ve been a lifelong fan of the royals and my daughter Rachel loves Meghan. So when we learned in December 2017 that she’d be spending Christmas in Sandringham and going to the church near our house, Rachel and I decided to try to catch a glimpse of her.
In minutes, my phone was beeping with tweets from newspapers and websites, asking if they could use my photo of the ‘Fab Four’. When I got home two hours later, my phone was still buzzing. A photographer messaged and put his agent in contact with me. They said I should be charging a fee every time someone used the photo – how much depended on who it was and the context.
I realised that for the first time I could afford to have a break. I decided to take a year off work to rest and improve my health and within a couple of months I no longer needed daily painkillers. The money from the photo paid off debts from the bank charges I’d accumulated when I’d been sick and unable to work.
And the photo opened doors to amazing experiences, including being invited to the 2019 BAFTA red carpet by Apple, because I took the shot on my iPhone. Rachel came too and snapped Kate Middleton’s arrival.In December last year, Rachel and I had our first holiday together to Paris for her 18th birthday. It meant so much to treat her to a trip like that, staying in a hotel, climbing the Eiffel Tower and making memories together.
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