Photo shows singer with Sir Carter and Rumi, who are one month old, in homage to pregnancy announcement picture
Beyoncé with her twins, Sir Carter and Rumi. Photograph: Beyoncé/Instagram
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has released the first image of her twins on Instagram, and has confirmed rumours of their names: Sir Carter and Rumi:
The accompanying photograph is a homage to her pregnancy announcement photo, and features the artist in pink floral dress sleeves and a long blue veil, in front of a wall of roses. It received 700,000 likes within 30 minutes of being posted.
In June, Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z registered to trademark the names from the same California address as the trademark registration for the name Blue Ivy. Their first child Blue Ivy was born in 2012.
The trademarks are for cosmetics, baby accessories, key chains, mugs, water bottles, hair ribbons, playing cards, tote bags, sports balls, and novelty items.
The Instagram post is the first official announcement from the couple since their twins’ birth, although on 19 June Beyoncé’s father, Mathew Knowles, posted a birthday message to the twins:
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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has released the first image of her twins on Instagram, and has confirmed rumours of their names: Sir Carter and Rumi:
The accompanying photograph is a homage to her pregnancy announcement photo, and features the artist in pink floral dress sleeves and a long blue veil, in front of a wall of roses. It received 700,000 likes within 30 minutes of being posted.
In June, Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z registered to trademark the names from the same California address as the trademark registration for the name Blue Ivy. Their first child Blue Ivy was born in 2012.
The trademarks are for cosmetics, baby accessories, key chains, mugs, water bottles, hair ribbons, playing cards, tote bags, sports balls, and novelty items.
The Instagram post is the first official announcement from the couple since their twins’ birth, although on 19 June Beyoncé’s father, Mathew Knowles, posted a birthday message to the twins:
we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.
Since you’re here …
High-quality journalism is essential intellectual nourishment
Giacomo P, Italy
The Guardian is working hard to confront and challenge those in power. I want to support that
Robb H, Canada
I appreciate an alternative to newspapers owned by billionaires. You give me hope
Fred F, UK
I appreciate there not being a paywall: it is more democratic for the media to be available for all
Thomasine F-R, Sweden
If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps to support it, our future would be much more secure.
