Taking Christmas card photos can be difficult for a multitude of reasons, especially if you have a youngster.

We did a photo shoot with the whole family for about 20 minutes.

Gweneth and I were smiling at the cameras, along with our eldest two boys, Leigh explains.

Andrew Leigh and his family standing for a family portrait

Someone had put the photo online; and soon, their sulking son was making international headlines.

He says, Ideally, both parenting and politics should be done with a sense of kindness.

Youre more attuned to the ridiculous and less inclined to take yourself too seriously.

What they didn’t see was their youngest, Zachary, had had enough.

Since then, it seems the family has had better luck with family portraits.