Beyonce Knowles posted the first photos of her newborn twins on Instagram this morning, and having shunned the media spotlight during her pregnancy, it seems the singer has unleashed a tide of pent-up idolatry.
The photo - described by The Guardian as "Botticelli-inspired and floral-heavy" - amassed five million likes within five hours, and the numbers continue to climb. The Daily Telegraph declared that Beyonce had "broken the internet".
She is shown wearing a blue veil, draped in fabric and cradling her one-month-old twins. Behind her is an array of flowers and beyond them the ocean. the image she posted to announce her pregnancy in February.
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Some expressed their mild disdain for the hype:
And some - including former chancellor George Osborne - sought out political parallels:
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