The BBC has rejected complaints from UK viewers who said its coverage of the edited Kate Middleton Mother’s Day photo was over the top.
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Princess of Wales issued an apology for any “confusion” sparked by the image, saying: “I do occasionally experiment with editing.”Prior to Kate’s confession, online sleuths raised questions about several odd aspects of the photo that showed the smiling British royal surrounded by her children — Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5.The world’s leading news agencies reacted to the controversy by swiftly yanking the image over doctoring fears. One major tell-tale sign of manipulation was that a portion of Charlotte’s wrist seems to be missing from under the chopped-off sleeve of her cardigan.“It looks like a bad Photoshop job,” Dr Hany Farid, a professor of computer sciences at the University of California Berkeley, told The Telegraph.Charlotte’s checkered skirt likewise does not line up, with the right edge sticking out at a strange right angle and overlapping with George’s hands.Additionally, a green line seen on Charlotte’s left leg clad in tights appears to suggest it has been airbrushed.Another unusual detail that raised questions about the image’s veracity is Prince Louis’s crossed fingers on his right hand — and a seemingly fuzzy and broken pattern on the right sleeve of his gray sweater.It has also been noted that the table next to which the youngster is standing appears to have a distorted edge.The Palace should release the unedited photo of Kate & the kids asap.
If it’s just a small bit of harmless retouching gone wrong, nobody will care. If they don’t release the original pic, the conspiracy theories they were trying to kill, will get way worse..Others raised an alarm about the fact that Kate, who has been married to Prince William for nearly 13 years, is not wearing her Welsh gold
.The BBC has rejected complaints from UK viewers who said its coverage of the edited Kate Middleton Mother’s Day photo was over the top.
Prince Harry is believed to be planning a trip back to the UK amidst the "hospital leak crisis" involving Kate Middleton. It has been suggested that the Princess of Wales' privacy might have been violated at The London Clinic in January when someone attempted to sneak a peek at her medical records.
recent abdominal surgery.The Princess of Wales, 42, underwent a planned operation in January and has been recovering at home in Windsor. She is set to return to the public limelight around Easter. According to a source, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “are aware of everything that goes on back in England, but are being left out of any details regarding Kate.”“There is clearly no trust,” the insider added to People.“It would be the normal run of things to go and see your sister-in-law who’s had a serious operation, and also see your niece and nephews.
either privately recovers from surgery or perpetrates an (who can say!), she's once again using her clothes to send a message.During , the Princess of Wales was spotted wearing black leggings and a sporty black pullover. Since this is the first video we've gotten of the her since Christmas 2023 (two and a don't count for much these days), everyone has been scrutinizing the footage.
compared the recent sighting of Kate Middleton to that of Bigfoot Tuesday as confusion around the Princess of Wales’ disappearance from the public eye continues to fester. “It’s grainy,” Alyssa Farah Griffin said, referring to a video published by the Sun showing Middleton, 42, donning black athleisure while shopping with her husband, Prince William, 41, at a local farm store.
spotted on a trip to a local farm shop via footage released Monday. A “happy, healthy and relaxed” Middleton and husband Prince William, 41, were seen stopping by Windsor Farm Shop near Windsor Castle over the weekend.In a video obtained by TMZ, Middleton can be seen smiling and looking like she’s in good spirits, walking quickly. She looks casual with little to no makeup.
has been caught out again—this time for a picture that was released nearly a year previously.After the British Mother's Day photo Kensington Palace released in March was pulled from major newswires, including the Associated Press, because it was found to have been misleadingly edited, the palace posted a statement to social media in which . “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” the statement read.
In honor of UK Mother’s Day on Sunday, Middleton shared a photo of herself smiling with her children, Prince George, 10, Prince Louis, 5, and Princess Charlotte, 8. It was the first snapshot released by the future queen as she continues to remain out of the public eye while recovering from abdominal surgery she underwent in January.
recent photo-editing scandal.The Dutch monarch, 56, spoke to members of the public at a royal engagement in Zutphen, Netherlands Thursday where a little girl asked him about his family portrait.After exchanging a few pleasantries with the schoolgirl, the King reportedly quipped, “At least I didn’t photoshop it,” referencing Middleton’s recent digital mishap.The joke seemingly landed with royalists, who burst into laughter at the cheeky jibe.The Princess of Wales, 42, was forced to issue an apology this week after she released a doctored family photo for UK Mother’s Day on March 10.Just seconds after the image was unveiled on social media, eagle-eyed followers noticed a myriad of editing mishaps in the photo of the royal with her three children.The widespread speculation prompted conspiracy theorists to come out of the woodwork, with claims being made not only about Middleton’s health, but also her whereabouts.Middleton returned to social media to set the record straight on what had happened with the snap.“Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” she wrote on X in the wake of the controversy.
barely been seen in public since it was announced that she was having an unspecified planned abdominal surgery in January.Wild conspiracy theories about her whereabouts and the reason for her long absence have abounded on social media.Prince William has ignored questions about his wife’s condition and her recovery from the vague medical issue. Circumstances got more odd when Kensington Palace released a Mother’s Day photo of Middleton smiling with their children — Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5.
her family released to celebrate Mother’s Day in the UK, internet sleuths decided to take a critical look at the latest picture of her, . In the picture, the princess faces away from the camera.A widely circulated TikTok theory is that Middleton’s profile was actually lifted from an earlier picture, and that the brick wall(s) behind the car are also a giveaway that something about the image is amiss.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.But the photographer and the photo agency who distributed the car pic are standing behind their work.
the eyebrow-raising image released by the palace showing the Princess of Wales with her three children has prompted them to take a look back at the previous images they have been given, adding that media organizations “expect those images to be accurate.”The royal was forced to issue an apology after leading photo agencies — including Reuters, the Associated Press, Getty and Agence France-Presse — all yanked the image over numerous signs it had been “manipulated.”An analysis published by CNN said that it regards it “unacceptable to move, change or manipulate the pixels of an image” as it alters the photograph itself.“In editorial photography, photojournalists and editors commonly adjust a photograph’s exposure or color balance in order to more accurately reflect the scene,” CNN said in a statement.“CNN is now reviewing all handout photos previously provided by Kensington Palace,” the outlet added.
Ellise Shafer John Oliver has weighed in on the current royal scandal involving Kate Middleton and her whereabouts. During “Watch What Happens Live” on Tuesday night, host Andy Cohen asked the British comedian his thoughts on the situation, saying: “What the fuck is going on with Kate Middleton?” “I was out. I thought, ‘Let’s just all ignore this, we’ve moved on,’ until the Photoshop thing,” Oliver said.
Kensington Palace, with many confused by Kate Middleton’s whereabouts. The wife of Prince William has not made an official public appearance since Christmas Day. On January 16, the palace stated that she had been admitted to the London Clinic for “planned abdominal surgery.”With jokes, conspiracies, and discourse taking over social media surrounding the situation, things got more confusing on March 10th when the Prince and Princess of Wales social media accounts shared a photo of her with their children George, Charlotte, and Louis.Things quickly went awry when people noticed it was edited.
Kate Middleton's Mother's Day photo has caused a royal crisis, with a friend saying it was meant to be a 'simple family snap'. Kensington Palace was thrown into turmoil when the Princess of Wales was forced to publicly apologised for altering a family picture that was shared globally.
Kate Middleton’s photo-editing fiasco has accidentally done more harm than good in silencing mass speculation about her well-being, according to a former royal butler.The Princess of Wales, 42, who has been recovering from abdominal surgery behind closed doors, was forced to issue an apology after releasing a doctored family photo for UK’s Mother’s Day on Sunday.But with mounting chatter about the royal’s post-surgery recovery, the image’s release has ended up causing concerns, says King Charles’s former butler Grant Harrold.“Of course, it does cause concern because everybody is over-analyzing it at the moment and everybody is worried about her and is looking to see for any kind of signs,” Harrold, who worked as the monarch’s butler for seven years when he was the Prince of Wales, exclusively told The Post.“If it hadn’t been for her taking this time out, the photo editing really wouldn’t have been much of a story,” he said.
forced to issue an apology after releasing a doctored family photo for UK’s Mother’s Day on Sunday.After eagle-eyed social media users noticed a myriad of editing mishaps in the image, the mom of three reportedly felt “awful” about the backlash it has caused.Sources close to the Princess told the Telegraph that Middleton tried making the photo “the best it could be.”Another insider close to the Palace told the Mirror that the Princess is no doubt “deeply upset by the furor” and media frenzy the “innocent family photograph” had caused.On Monday, the Princess was spotted leaving Windsor Castle with her husband, Prince William, just hours after her photo-related clarification.Middleton was pictured in a black Land Rover to accompany her husband on the ride to Westminster Abbey, where the prince will attend the annual Commonwealth Day service without her.It was the royal’s first public appearance in more than two months following her surgery, with her last appearing on Christmas Day while attending church in Sandringham.She is not expected to return to her public duties until sometime after the Easter holiday. Kate’s absence from the public eye had stirred up conspiracies over her health, which were only exacerbated by the release of the edited family snap.“Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” Middleton wrote on X.
released a statement Monday from the Princess of Wales admitting she “occasionally experiments with editing” after several photo agencies recalled her UK Mother’s Day photo. The rare admission of guilt prompted fans on X to mock the announcement, trolling the royal establishment with their own outlandish posts claiming to be real efforts from Middleton and the Palace.
to The Daily Mail. On Sunday, multiple photo agencies, including Reuters, the Associated Press, Getty, and AFP, withdrew the Mother’s Day photo Kensington Palace released Sunday picturing Middleton and her three children over fears that it had been digitally “manipulated.”A “kill notification” reportedly released by AP read, “At closer inspection, it appears that the source has manipulated the image.”The photo — the first official image released by Kensington Palace since the royal’s abdominal surgery in January — showed her smiling alongside Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5.On Monday, the Princess of Wales apologized for releasing a doctored family photo of her and her children, blaming it on amateur editing fails.“Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” the princess wrote.
Princess Catherine is speaking out after her latest photo has caused SO. MUCH. CONTROVERSY!!!